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151 |
Retired |
He sulks in his garden, |
Hika |
1966 |
Depression, retirement |
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152 |
And Some Seed Fell |
You think because you own the ground |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
farming, knowledge |
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153 |
After Snowfall |
Sky smooth as a country |
New Jersey Poetry Journal |
1982 |
winter, farming |
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154 |
The Old Admonitions |
The friend that I had |
Prairie Schooner |
1958 |
loneliness, loss |
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Limited View 2, Snake in the Strawberries 30, The Good Earth 57. |
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155 |
Line Between Seasons |
The rollicking whinny of the wind |
Quartet |
1966 |
nature, winter |
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A Single Focus 25, Snake in the Strawberries 41. |
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156 |
Pressed Flowers |
The flowers we picked last summer |
Nimrod |
1971 |
memory, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 36, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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157 |
Dead Crows |
Early in the morning two crow abandoned wing |
Hinterland |
1936 |
death, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xi, (1938) 27, (1943) 37. |
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158 |
Con Man |
The gifts I buy and offer you, my dear, |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, expectations |
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159 |
Live with Love |
Early in the morning |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, perseverance |
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Planting Red Geraniums 28 |
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160 |
The Smile |
You smiled and waved as you drove |
Ladies Home Journal |
1970 |
observation, expression |
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161 |
Fourth of July |
Early in the morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
patriotism, disappointment |
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162 |
Walls |
My terrace wall dropped |
Yankee Magazine |
1982 |
ownership, division |
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163 |
The Unprotected |
The sun at noon |
America |
1959 |
farming, responsibility |
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Limited View 35, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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164 |
Progress |
Own all the land you can get |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, animals |
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A Single Focus 44, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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165 |
Alive and Well |
Don't fill the kitchen pot |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
winter, perseverance |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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166 |
A Green Voice |
Whatever cold tones |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
renewal, holiday |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 54, Landmark and Other Poems 24. |
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167 |
Plowman |
This is plowing time and I am plowing |
Midland |
1927 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiv, (1938) 56, (1943) 63, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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168 |
Forecast |
I hang a chart for prophecy |
New York Times |
1972 |
fortelling, mood |
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169 |
Crop Inspector |
The farmer opened the gate, |
Poetry Now |
1984 |
farming, perseverance |
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170 |
Impudence |
Rowdy winter wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wind, winter |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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171 |
The Meeting |
This is the curb where |
Motive |
1966 |
love, loss |
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A Single Focus 60, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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172 |
The Insatiable Demand |
He chopped his work |
The New Renaissance |
1979 |
busyness, overwhelmed |
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173 |
Comfort in an Old Tune |
The fields echo an old tune |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
nature, peacefulness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 71, Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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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 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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