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151 |
Castrating the Pigs |
It always seemed to be a rainy day |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
animals, masculinity |
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152 |
The Way the Light Shines |
The shrill singing of cicada |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
aging, friendship |
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153 |
Cerebral Palsy |
Each morning the wild, random |
The Windless Orchard |
1980 |
illness, perseverance |
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154 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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155 |
Consider a Poem |
If I speak to explain myself |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, communication |
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156 |
Espaliered on a Wailing Wall |
Farmland lacks immunity to the |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, cities |
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157 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
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158 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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159 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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160 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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161 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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162 |
A Secret to Live By |
In the attic of my mind |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
memory, revelation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
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163 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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164 |
The Insatiable Demand |
He chopped his work |
The New Renaissance |
1979 |
busyness, overwhelmed |
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165 |
Here and There |
It's true the days are longer, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
spring, despair |
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Snake in the Strawberries 47. |
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166 |
An Account of Failures |
I woke this morning and felt |
West Branch |
1979 |
regret, perseverance |
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167 |
Wheelchair Blues |
Two raised steps deny him |
North American Review |
1979 |
disability, memory |
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168 |
Land of Beginnings |
The door you once closed lets you slip through |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
time, farming |
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Snake in the Strawberries 3. |
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169 |
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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170 |
No Nightingales, No Nymphs |
The imperatives of spring |
Poetry |
1979 |
spring, work |
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171 |
Need For Magic |
After a lonely night and an empty day |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
loss, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 11. |
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172 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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173 |
No Symbols |
The barn's warm breath |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birth, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 12. |
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174 |
Something Not Tamed in Us |
Early this winter morning |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birds, charity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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175 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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