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176 |
The Isle of the Setting Sun |
Sailorman, Sailorman, by the dark water, |
Heacock's |
1924 |
beauty, longing |
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177 |
Tasters |
The summer sun made blood like sap |
Midwest Quarterly |
1964 |
summer, desire |
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A Single Focus 45, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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178 |
Reason to Get Up in the Morning |
All this chatter about |
Contact |
1984 |
routine, morning |
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179 |
The Contract |
You may have my garden if you will give to me |
Midland |
1926 |
gardening, apples |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiii, (1938) 55. |
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180 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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181 |
What Was That? |
Never was so much hubbub in the morning, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
work, farming |
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Man and His Field 41. |
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182 |
A Field You Cannot Own |
You thought there was a For Sale sign |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, rejection |
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183 |
Abrasive Time |
Just think how alert we would all need to be |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
aging, time |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 67. |
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184 |
Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) |
Fresh from the slow hills of Iowa |
Ladies Home Journal |
1962 |
welcoming, Mexico |
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Limited View 12. |
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185 |
Unearned Gift |
Shut the door |
America |
1964 |
love, joy |
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A Single Focus 61, Landmark and Other Poems 17. |
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186 |
Expression of a Homeplace |
If I close one eye |
A Country Man |
1993 |
perceptions, birds |
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A Country Man 35. |
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187 |
Retirement Time Is the Time to Retire |
About twilight, swallows stitched |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
retirement, aging |
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Snake in the Strawberries 5. |
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188 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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189 |
Farmer to His Son |
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190 |
[On the road to the farm] |
On the road to the farm |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
winter, creation |
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Planting Red Geraniums 29 |
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191 |
Autumn Love |
When you stood smiling under a roof of leaves |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
love, fall |
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Limited View 27, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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192 |
The Captain Ashore |
I know a man whose twisted wife |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
greed, respect |
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193 |
Wedding Anniversary |
A frightening day |
Sunday Clothes |
1975 |
farming, anger |
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Proved by Trial 11. |
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194 |
A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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195 |
Mr. Norris and the Civet Cat |
We four boys liked to fish |
Maine Life |
1981 |
compassion, animals |
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196 |
Let it Come Down |
Glad that at last the litter and waster of winter, |
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197 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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198 |
What Wind |
crept in to slam the door |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
anger, relationships |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 14, Snake in the Strawberries 69. |
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199 |
Deaf Ear |
You said you would come and |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1970 |
happiness, promise |
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200 |
After Corn Husking |
The last load ends the day |
University Review |
1942 |
harvest, fall |
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The Sun at Noon 36, Man and His Field 46. |
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