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101 |
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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102 |
Boundary Lines |
The dog has a squirrel up a tree. |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
fear, animals |
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The Sun at Noon 19, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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103 |
No Leaves? No Apples? |
No fruit bends the orchard trees |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
fall, perseverance |
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Man and His Field 59. |
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104 |
The Tide |
Today is our anniversary |
Pendragon |
1984 |
aging, marriage |
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105 |
Point of No Return |
Grass in the cracks of the sidewalk, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
memory, decay |
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Dry Leaves. |
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106 |
The Maid who Served an Ogre |
She washed the dishes, cleaned the sink, |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
desire, danger |
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107 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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108 |
Retirement Blues |
Neither anger nor reproach will |
Poetry View |
1979 |
aging, life |
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109 |
The Morning Paper |
The morning paper told |
Catalyst |
1971 |
war, death |
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110 |
Close Call |
It was anger's shadow dimmed the room |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
anger, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 16. |
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111 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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112 |
Goodbye, Mrs. O'Flynn |
I am not carrying on with Mrs. O'Flynn |
A Country Man |
1993 |
gossip, sex |
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A Country Man 55. |
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113 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
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Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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114 |
Modern Design |
How can you clean up the place |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
order, gardening |
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115 |
Stepchild of Nature |
Open morning's door and listen |
NRTA Journal |
1980 |
nature, alienation |
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116 |
Winter Solstice |
This is the final day |
Country Men |
1938 |
love, winter |
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Country Men (1938) 57. |
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117 |
Three Sides to a Farm |
So now he wants to buy my farm, he's got |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, generations |
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A Single Focus 29, Snake in the Strawberries 38. |
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118 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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119 |
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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120 |
Sparrows in Spring |
The water falls drip.. drip.. drap |
Country Men |
1937 |
planting, nature |
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Country Men (1937) xiii, (1938) 33, (1943) 41. |
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121 |
The Debtor |
These leaden days when the sky is overcast |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
farming, debt |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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122 |
Undone by Frost |
While once again you must accept |
English Journal |
1971 |
flowers, time |
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123 |
The Short Run and the Long Pull |
Our fields lay side by side, |
Nebraska Review |
1981 |
farming, fertilizer |
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124 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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125 |
Behind the Stove |
It takes more than wind and sleet to |
Poetry |
1965 |
affair, desire |
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A Single Focus 48, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
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