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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| Consider a Poem | "If I speak to explain myself" | Stone Country 7.1 (Feb. 1980) 16. | 
| Espaliered on a Wailing Wall | "Farmland lacks immunity to the" | Wascana Review 15.1 (Spring 1980) 33. | 
| Housebroken | "The year has turned," | Wascana Review 15.1 (Spring 1980) 32. | 
| It Might Be True | "When we kids complained about" | The English Journal 69.9 (December 1980) 65.  | 
              
| Lack of Seed Power | "He drooped like a wilted flower" | Harper's Bazaar 261.1566 (Nov. 1980) 70. | 
| Melancholy at Night | "Each evening at bedtime" | Poetry View (27 July 1980) 9. | 
| Something is Given | "Something is given" | Stone Country 7.1 (Feb. 1980) 17. | 
| Sooner or Later | "My roots search for water" | Yankee Magazine 44.8 (Aug. 1980) 173. | 
| Stepchild of Nature | "Open morning's door and listen" | NRTA Journal 31.156 (July-Aug. 1980) 6. | 
| The Way the Light Shines | "The shrill singing of cicada" | Poetry Now 5.3 Issue 27 (1980) 6. |