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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| I Set My Chair | "I set my chair on the driveway" | Proved by Trial. Juniper Press: La Crosse, WI. 1977. 25. |
| It Never Went Away | "In daytime the cellar seemed safe," | New River Review 2 (1977) 58. |
| Lock the Door | "Now you have burned the letters--" | Great Lakes Review 4 (Summer 1977) 67. |
| Not Born Again | "This land partly from me," | Yankee Magazine (March 1977) 116. |
| One Way For An Answer | "No way, just no way," | Proved by Trial. Juniper Press: La Crosse, WI. 1977. 16. |
| Same Thing but Different | "The paperboy slammed the screen door" | Great Lakes Review 4 (Summer 1977) 69. |
| Shaped by Names | "You must exist somewhere" | Canadian Forum 57 (Oct. 1977) 21. |
| Song | "In now time beg the sun hold still" | Poet Lore 71 (Winter 1976-77)110. |
| Surprise [2] | "Some friends of ours decided to" | Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 1977, p25 |
| Susanna and the Elders | "Let us put thought aside" | Proved by Trial. Juniper Press: La Crosse, WI. 1977. 23. |