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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| The Backward Flow | "A man bent with the burden" | University of Windsor Review 41.2 (Spring-Summer 1979) 54. |
| The Fact Is... | "A duck at a worm" | Poetry View (23 Sept. 1979) 14. |
| The Insatiable Demand | "He chopped his work" | The New Renaissance 111.3 (Jan. 1979) 45. |
| To Build a Fence | "We stretch a barbed wire from corner post" | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 6. |
| Wheelchair Blues | "Two raised steps deny him" | North American Review 264 (Summer 1979) 26. |
| Women Shearing Men | "The wind whistles a bawdy tune," | Canadian Forum 58 (Mar. 1979) 33. |
| An In-Between Time | "He hasn't quite left her," | Poetry Now 5.4 Issue 28 (1980) 34. |
| Banish Morning Fear | "When he woke at dawn, it was his habit to think" | Modern Maturity 23.4 (Aug.-Sept. 1980) 20. |
| Castrating the Pigs | "It always seemed to be a rainy day" | Poetry Now 5.4 Issue 28 (1980) 34. |
| Cerebral Palsy | "Each morning the wild, random" | The Windless Orchard 36 (Spring-Summer 1980) 35. |