Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Day of the Cornfield | "The day of the cornfield all right," | The Small Farm (Oct. 1976-March 1977) 11. |
| Dirty Old Man's Poem | "A dirty old man’s poem" | Periodical of Art in Nebraska (Summer 1976) 9. |
| Evergreen Transformations | "‘‘Who knocks on my door?’’ asks History" | The Alumnus Univ. of Northern Iowa (Dec. 1976) 12. |
| Facts | "I do not read portents," | Chowder Review (Spring 1976) 13. |
| Father | "Nailheads broke off with the sound" | Wascana Review 2 (Spring 1976) 31. |
| Forked Road | "It's hard to decide sometimes" | Wascana Review 11 (Spring 1976) 32. |
| Homecoming | "So let's knock off for the day, I said," | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 39. |
| Instead of Honey | "Let's get to work, time may be short with us," | Poetry Now 3 (1976) 22. |
| Keep the Storm Outside | "Rain patters on my roof" | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 33. |
| Landscape—Iowa | "No one who lives here" | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 45. |