Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Lesson | "This country needs live dragons," | Snake in the Strawberries. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 1979. 100. |
| Grandfather and the Evangelist | "A tent with a platform and with folding chairs," | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 6. |
| Hang On to the Grab Bar | "Caught in the revolving door" | Kansas Quarterly 11 (Summer 1979) 71. |
| Hard Way to Learn | "A trickle of water from" | Poetry 134.1 (April 1979) 17. |
| Here and There | "It's true the days are longer," | Snake in the Strawberries. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 1979. 47. |
| Land of Beginnings | "The door you once closed lets you slip through" | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 3. |
| Need For Magic | "After a lonely night and an empty day" | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 11. |
| No Nightingales, No Nymphs | "The imperatives of spring" | Poetry 134 (April 1979) 18. |
| No Symbols | "The barn's warm breath" | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 12. |
| No Word for the Wise | "We can tell the year's close" | Southwest Review 64 (Autumn 1979) 392. |