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126 |
The Deacon Goes for His Sunday Paper |
Good morning, good morning, it is a good morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
happiness, disappointment |
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Man and His Field 67. |
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127 |
Dead Crows |
Early in the morning two crow abandoned wing |
Hinterland |
1936 |
death, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xi, (1938) 27, (1943) 37. |
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128 |
Deaf Ear |
You said you would come and |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1970 |
happiness, promise |
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129 |
Death of a Marriage |
They reached home, |
Black and White |
1979 |
divorce, silence |
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130 |
The Debtor |
These leaden days when the sky is overcast |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
farming, debt |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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131 |
Destruction |
The barn stood for shelter |
The Denver Quarterly |
1969 |
fire, destruction |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 40. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 61, Snake in the Strawberries 56. |
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132 |
Detention |
The wilted flowers |
View Magazine |
1974 |
school, conflict |
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133 |
Dirge for an old Wound |
Any root worth its salt |
Lamp in the Spine |
1972 |
nature, perseverance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 12, Snake in the Strawberries 68. |
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134 |
Dirty Old Man's Poem |
A dirty old man’s poem |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
desire, sex |
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135 |
Discarded |
I tried to open a drawer in |
Iowa State Liquor Store |
1970 |
love, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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136 |
Discord |
After the accident |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
sex, community |
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Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
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137 |
Discovery |
The wind swept the yard, wrinkled the pond, |
Catholic Rural life |
1963 |
nature, weather |
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138 |
A Disowner |
Not my world today |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
integrity, alienation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 99. |
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139 |
Do People Care for People? |
Appetites in the barnyard bawled |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
compassion, civilization |
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140 |
Dogma |
Sucked and bitten I shake |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1969 |
animals, independence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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141 |
Don't Ask the Professor |
Don't bring anymore naked questions |
The Back Door |
1970 |
aging, frustration |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 19. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 59, Snake in the Strawberries 72, The Good Earth 62. |
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142 |
Double Talk |
The exercises we schedule |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
duality, survival |
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143 |
Dragon Lesson |
This country needs live dragons, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
integrity, peace |
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Snake in the Strawberries 100. |
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144 |
Dulled Appetite |
Your letter today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
friendship, impermanence |
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A Country Man 50. |
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145 |
Each Day Alive |
The desk calendar |
Northeast |
1977 |
nature, time |
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146 |
Each Spring |
When ducks print signs in the mud for the farmer to read, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
spring, hope |
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147 |
Each to Its Own Purpose |
They said, don't use words |
Yankee Magazine |
1975 |
poetry, language |
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Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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148 |
Echoes of Memory |
A birthday card from you today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
love, longing |
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A Country Man 23. |
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149 |
Eighty Birthdays |
This cake, a snow-topped hill, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
aging, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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150 |
Elegy |
Listen, my friend, shuttered in |
Today |
1966 |
spring, isolation |
Annals of Iowa 42 (Spring 1974) 294, Late Harvest 76. |
A Single Focus 66, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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