176 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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177 |
There Must Be Somewhere to Go |
Wait for me, wait for me, |
North Country |
1977 |
uncertainty, leaving |
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178 |
Never Too Late |
He grunted, jammed |
North American Review |
1984 |
aging, gardening |
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A Country Man 28. |
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179 |
The Trimmed Bush |
Grouch, she said, you are |
North American Review |
1984 |
appearances, relationships |
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A Country Man 58. |
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180 |
What Matters |
It rose high enough |
North American Review |
1984 |
order, farming |
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A Country Man 31. |
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181 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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182 |
Wheelchair Blues |
Two raised steps deny him |
North American Review |
1979 |
disability, memory |
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183 |
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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184 |
Forecast |
I hang a chart for prophecy |
New York Times |
1972 |
fortelling, mood |
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185 |
Stormbound |
Whipped by the blizzard I fled |
New York Times |
1970 |
birds, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 20. |
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186 |
View by View |
Poplars mark the limit of the yard |
New York Times |
1969 |
love, secrecy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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187 |
Spring Rites |
We celebrate the rites of spring |
New York Times |
1971 |
planting, ritual |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 49. |
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188 |
Buried Seeds |
The buried seeds drink up the snow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
nature, spring |
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A Single Focus 43. |
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189 |
The Captain Ashore |
I know a man whose twisted wife |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
greed, respect |
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190 |
Love's Apostate |
I shoulder my bag, slink through |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
forgiveness, resentment |
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A Single Focus 54. |
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191 |
The Return Flight |
Evening spread fingers of shadow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
birds, fall |
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A Single Focus 72. |
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192 |
Words that Smell Bad |
Neighbor, your "friendly" note arrived |
New River Review |
1977 |
neighbors, argument |
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Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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193 |
It Never Went Away |
In daytime the cellar seemed safe, |
New River Review |
1977 |
night, fear |
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Snake in the Strawberries 91. |
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194 |
Wilderness Token |
Wild grapes tied their vines |
New Mexico Quarterly |
1964 |
nature, appreciation |
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A Single Focus 16. |
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195 |
Shelter under Glass |
The seventh grade came to visit |
New Letters |
1982 |
children, appreciation |
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196 |
After Snowfall |
Sky smooth as a country |
New Jersey Poetry Journal |
1982 |
winter, farming |
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197 |
The Balance |
I bathed in the tender welter |
New Frontiers |
1964 |
seasons, nature |
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A Single Focus 46. |
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198 |
A Place to Sit |
Come in, come in, Neighbor, please come in |
New Frontiers |
1965 |
hardship, resentment |
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A Single Focus 31, Landmark and Other Poems 12. |
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199 |
Claim of Two Countries |
My native land finds its map |
New Frontiers |
1964 |
nature, farming |
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A Single Focus 52, Landmark and Other Poems 18. |
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200 |
Bound to Happen |
At the haybarn's peak where |
New England Review |
1981 |
aging, animals |
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