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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| The Windmill | "Time I greased the windmill," | Texas Review 2.1 (Spring 1981) 94-5. | 
| There is Time to Be Cheerful | "On the back steps" | Skylark 10 (1981) 65. | 
| Time to Cross Over | "A black man with his family" | Slackwater Review 4.1 (1981) 29. | 
| We Ought to Burst into Bloom | "This morning my wife bought me" | America 144.13 (4 April 1981) 270. | 
| Winter Morning | "I enter a winter morning" | Contact 2 (Summer/Fall 1981) 22. | 
| A Balance Sheet | "From my father's family I inherit" | Poet and Critic 13.2 (1982) 7.  | 
              
| After Snowfall | "Sky smooth as a country" | New Jersey Poetry Journal 1.2 (Spring 1982) 25-6. | 
| Alms to the Giver | "The mail this morning made me" | The Davidson Miscellany 18.2 (Fall 1982) 15. | 
| Double Talk | "The exercises we schedule" | Poetry Now 6.5 Issue 35 (1982) 36. | 
| Let It Shine | "The guy who hides his light" | Wormwood Review 22.1 (1982) 38. |