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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Mother | "The photograph fades, turns yellow," | South Dakota Review 14 (Autumn 1976) 76. |
| Muskrats in the Cornfield | "Persuasion of rain and sun" | Poetry Now 3 (June 1976) 22. |
| Neighborhood in the Suburbs | "Take our garbage cans, a man may be known" | Miscellany 15 (1976) 126. |
| No News is Good News | "Having read the same names in the paper" | Poetry Now (1976) 69. |
| Praise | "When I forced the fat land with seed" | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 55. |
| Short Cut | "A short cut, so we said, a different road, " | Shaken by Leaf-fall |
| Still Heard but Faintly | "What chime struck from the iron air" | Periodical of Art in Nebraska (Fall 1976) 11. |
| Storm Bound | "Whipped by the blizzard I fled" | Shaken by Leaf-fall |
| Take This Guy | "Now take this guy next door," | The New Renaissance 8 (March 1976) 56. |
| That Kind of a Day | "A kitten plays with a mouse," | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 24. |