Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Words that Smell Bad | "Neighbor, your "friendly" note arrived" | New River Review 2 (1977) 59. |
| A Disowner | "Not my world today" | Event: Journal of Contemporary Art 7 (1978) 62. |
| A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit | "He got the message!" | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 23. |
| A Way by Water | "In the basement this morning" | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 22. |
| At Least Once a Problem Solved | "Sometimes I feel like a shadow" | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 21. |
| Bereaved | "Granted, a meeting with her," | The American Scholar (Summer 1978) 356. |
| Birth Pains | "I do not remember birth pains" | The New Renaissance 3 (Summer 1978) 69. |
| Change in Appetites | "We had a hired man whose remarks" | South Dakota Review 16 (Summer 1978) 46. |
| It Could Be Worse, Maybe | "My god, such a night!" | Slow Loris Reader 1 (1978) 69. |
| Learning | "Sometimes you must break in" | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 20. |