201 |
What Matters |
It rose high enough |
North American Review |
1984 |
order, farming |
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A Country Man 31. |
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202 |
Revival |
The anxious hours numb me |
Reporter |
1967 |
fall, mortality |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 56, Snake in the Strawberries 76. |
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203 |
The Flower |
The afternoon bent over |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
love, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 15. |
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204 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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205 |
Spring Barnyard |
Pigeons circle the wet glossy mud |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, materiality |
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The Sun at Noon 37. |
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206 |
Pride in Love |
The neighbors laugh up their sleeve |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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207 |
Sauce for the Gander |
The last person to bed starts the |
Cedar Arts Forum |
1978 |
marriage, night |
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208 |
Memorial Day 1982 |
Henry Jensen sits in the sun |
A Country Man |
1993 |
war, death |
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A Country Man 32. |
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209 |
The Visitor |
In the heat of the afternoon |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
farming, ownership |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 62. |
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210 |
The Way the Light Shines |
The shrill singing of cicada |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
aging, friendship |
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211 |
Common Ground |
Two neighbors lived across a road |
Kansas City Magazine |
1965 |
neighbors, farming |
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A Single Focus 28. |
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212 |
Change in Appetites |
We had a hired man whose remarks |
South Dakota Review |
1978 |
sex, animals |
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213 |
Time of Contrition |
Today I saw the gossip pack |
Denver Post |
1959 |
gossip, regret |
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214 |
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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215 |
What They Said |
Wait, they said, this is not the time. |
A Country Man |
1993 |
decisions, time |
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A Country Man 13. |
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216 |
Day's Routine |
A day of simple duties |
Today |
1966 |
work, marriage |
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Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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217 |
A Small Matter |
The farmer knows he's no match |
Northeast |
1981 |
weather, satisfaction |
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218 |
Surprise [1] |
You seemed brave but lost in the ambush of clover, |
The Humanist |
1957 |
love, betrayal |
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Limited View 22, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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219 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
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220 |
The Isle of the Setting Sun |
Sailorman, Sailorman, by the dark water, |
Heacock's |
1924 |
beauty, longing |
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221 |
Forked Road |
It's hard to decide sometimes |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
decisions, obligation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 64. |
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222 |
Quiet Sunday |
The old dog sleeps on the porch. |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
stillness, Sunday |
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Limited View 39, Landmark and Other Poems 57. |
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223 |
Not the Last Goodbye |
Hat askew, coat open, |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
love, worry |
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224 |
A Field You Cannot Own |
You thought there was a For Sale sign |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, rejection |
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225 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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