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126 |
Reason to Get Up in the Morning |
All this chatter about |
Contact |
1984 |
routine, morning |
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127 |
Forecast |
I hang a chart for prophecy |
New York Times |
1972 |
fortelling, mood |
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128 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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129 |
Valley and Mountain |
The valley floor crawls with streets |
Michigan Quarterly |
1969 |
mountains, transcendence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 13, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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130 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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131 |
All Anyone Could Say |
The children that we love are busy people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
children, exploration |
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Man and His Field 58. |
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132 |
Expression of a Homeplace |
If I close one eye |
A Country Man |
1993 |
perceptions, birds |
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A Country Man 35. |
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133 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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134 |
Waiting |
Waiting is not patience |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
frustration, fishing |
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Dry Leaves. |
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135 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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136 |
Deaf Ear |
You said you would come and |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1970 |
happiness, promise |
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137 |
Karma |
Still, cries of hunting shake the grove |
DePaul Literary Magazine |
1965 |
hunting, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 26, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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138 |
View by View |
Poplars mark the limit of the yard |
New York Times |
1969 |
love, secrecy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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139 |
A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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140 |
Fourth of July at Aspen |
The color-striped day |
South Dakota Review |
1968 |
mountains, holiday |
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141 |
Mr. Norris and the Civet Cat |
We four boys liked to fish |
Maine Life |
1981 |
compassion, animals |
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142 |
Veteran's Day |
How thankful they should be, |
Des Moines Register |
1976 |
war, innocence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 65. |
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143 |
Tasters |
The summer sun made blood like sap |
Midwest Quarterly |
1964 |
summer, desire |
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A Single Focus 45, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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144 |
The Contract |
You may have my garden if you will give to me |
Midland |
1926 |
gardening, apples |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiii, (1938) 55. |
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145 |
The Road |
It opened the way |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
time, change |
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146 |
Double Talk |
The exercises we schedule |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
duality, survival |
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147 |
Retired |
He sulks in his garden, |
Hika |
1966 |
Depression, retirement |
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148 |
Pray for Belief |
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Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
faith, perspective |
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Planting Red Geraniums 30. |
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149 |
Whatever Happened |
When I was young I discovered |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
reading, conformity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 82, The Good Earth 68. |
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150 |
Unearned Gift |
Shut the door |
America |
1964 |
love, joy |
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A Single Focus 61, Landmark and Other Poems 17. |
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