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76 |
Love's Ways |
Almost as if you hungered to be free |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
love, desire |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
A Single Focus 57, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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77 |
Time Like a Hand |
The hardware merchant reaches back for the past |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
aging, alienation |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
The Sun at Noon 22, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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78 |
Apple Harvest |
The wind knocks on my door |
Bitterroot |
1965 |
fall, mortality |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
A Single Focus 68, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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79 |
Alien |
The winter trees replied |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
winter, solitude |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 44. |
Proved by Trial 18, Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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80 |
After Chores |
Close down, Night |
American Prefaces |
1935 |
chores, sleep |
American Prefaces 5 (June 1940) 169. |
Country Men (1937) xxxvii, (1938) 58, (1943) 66, Man and His Field 48, Snake in the Strawberries 26 |
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A Matter of Fact |
All through the summer I failed to wring truth out of words, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1961 |
birds, truth |
Poet Lore 71 (Winter 1976-77) 128. |
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82 |
Silver Maples |
Rain fingers stroke our grey bodies |
Wallace's Farmer |
1939 |
farming, nature |
North American Review |
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83 |
March Mourning |
The late snow is a fungus |
Wallace's Farmer |
1939 |
snow, death |
Man and His Field |
Man and His Field 57. |
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84 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
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85 |
Enjoy Your Release |
You better grow the |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, happiness |
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Planting Red Geraniums 26 |
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86 |
Time's Laggard |
The house of summer closed its doors. |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
winter, stubbornness |
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87 |
This Is How They Do It |
"I own this farm," Henry Jensen |
A Country Man |
1993 |
law, understanding |
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A Country Man 24, The Good Earth 64. |
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88 |
The Orchard Man |
Grandfather came from a town meeting country, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
family, perseverance |
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Man and His Field 25. |
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89 |
How Many Shadows Has a Man |
The dog looked into the water |
Country Men |
1943 |
experience, knowledge |
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90 |
The Short Run and the Long Pull |
Our fields lay side by side, |
Nebraska Review |
1981 |
farming, fertilizer |
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91 |
The Blame |
It is difficult to explain |
Kansas Quarterly |
1970 |
affair, regret |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 62, Snake in the Strawberries 71. |
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92 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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93 |
Storm Bound |
Whipped by the blizzard I fled |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
winter, birds |
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94 |
Last Day at the Swimming Hole |
Two boys pick their way |
English Journal |
1974 |
summer, time |
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95 |
Construction |
The hammer voices went on an on |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
labor, winter |
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Man and His Field 62. |
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96 |
It Happened |
A rumpled bed, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1974 |
Depression, friendship |
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97 |
No Advice Today, Thank You |
Why, the presumptuous bastard |
Kansas Quarterly |
1982 |
religion, relationships |
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98 |
Portrait of an Old Horse |
I wonder what shaggy thoughts |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
aging, animals |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 61. |
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99 |
Each to Its Own Purpose |
They said, don't use words |
Yankee Magazine |
1975 |
poetry, language |
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Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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100 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
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