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101 |
For A Neighbor Woman |
Early this morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, gardening |
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Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 10. |
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102 |
Analogy |
It's like digging all day at a buried stone |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
poetry, introspection |
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Man and His Field 60. |
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103 |
What Was That? |
Never was so much hubbub in the morning, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
work, farming |
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Man and His Field 41. |
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104 |
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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105 |
Point of View |
After a dark day low with clouds, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
sunset, perspective |
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Man and His Field 43. |
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106 |
Burning a Dead Heifer |
This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, animals |
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Man and His Field 63. |
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107 |
Memorial Day |
It puzzles me to see the stooping people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
flowers, death |
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Man and His Field 51, Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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108 |
The Harvesters |
Bright was the stubble, the sun that day |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, work |
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Man and His Field 63. |
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109 |
Impudence |
Rowdy winter wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wind, winter |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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110 |
The Advantage |
Three haystacks stood against the wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
winter, chores |
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Man and His Field 65. |
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111 |
Statement |
It doesn't matter what the critics say, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
poetry, critics |
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Man and His Field 19, Snake in the Strawberries 24, The Good Earth 56, Selected Poems 9. |
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112 |
The Thief |
The fists of the summer sun |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
weather, seasons |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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113 |
Crow's Impatience |
After the hay was made and the threshing done, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, birds |
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Man and His Field 37, Landmark and Other Poems 48. |
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114 |
The Deacon Goes for His Sunday Paper |
Good morning, good morning, it is a good morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
happiness, disappointment |
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Man and His Field 67. |
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115 |
Harvest Claim |
The clover field in bloom seemed innocent |
Kansas City Star |
1957 |
seasons, harvest |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 60, Snake in the Strawberries 67. |
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116 |
Surprise [1] |
You seemed brave but lost in the ambush of clover, |
The Humanist |
1957 |
love, betrayal |
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Limited View 22, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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117 |
Spring On The Farm |
The mixed emotions which I hold this spring |
Canadian Poetry Magazine |
1957 |
animals, spring |
The MacDonald Farm Journal 20.3 (March 1959) 19, Wallace's Farmer (16 March 1963) 50. |
Limited View 30, Landmark and Other Poems 52. |
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118 |
The Questioner |
When evening bows its head so does the farmer, |
Compass Review |
1958 |
farming, significance |
North American Review (1974) 24. |
Limited View 10, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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119 |
Each Spring |
When ducks print signs in the mud for the farmer to read, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
spring, hope |
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120 |
Lost |
I hear a child crying |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
lost, fear |
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121 |
The Happy Farmer |
This farm where I live |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
farming, poverty |
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122 |
The Plowboy |
I’ll plow myself a pillow, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
planting, death |
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123 |
The Supplicant |
I try, when I awake, on a bright Sunday morning |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
rest, Sunday |
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124 |
The Old Admonitions |
The friend that I had |
Prairie Schooner |
1958 |
loneliness, loss |
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Limited View 2, Snake in the Strawberries 30, The Good Earth 57. |
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125 |
The Hunter |
You cannot kill the white-tailed deer |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
hunting, persistence |
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A Single Focus 69, Snake in the Strawberries 43. |
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