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201 |
Mad Dog |
Like a great yellow dog, the sun |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) viii, (1938) 22, (1943) 36, Man and His Field 60, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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202 |
A Field You Cannot Own |
You thought there was a For Sale sign |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, rejection |
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203 |
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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204 |
[There was an old cock] |
There was an old cock |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, animals |
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Planting Red Geraniums 34 |
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205 |
Taking the Bull to Water |
The herd bull leaves his stall |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
animals, danger |
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206 |
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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207 |
Shaped by Names |
You must exist somewhere |
Canadian Forum |
1977 |
language, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 95. |
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208 |
Self-Portrait |
The mirror lacks depth, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
reflection, aging |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 53, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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209 |
The Warning Cry |
The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads |
Country Men |
1937 |
spring, renewal |
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210 |
The Captain Ashore |
I know a man whose twisted wife |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
greed, respect |
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211 |
Claim for Damages |
"The man recovered from the bite, |
Focus |
1984 |
frustration, law |
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212 |
Memorial Day |
It puzzles me to see the stooping people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
flowers, death |
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Man and His Field 51, Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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213 |
The Change |
The same plowed field and |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
fall, hunting |
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A Single Focus 59. |
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214 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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215 |
Stream and Tree |
The stream's promise |
Wascana Review |
1975 |
nature, suicide |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 70. |
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216 |
Instead of Honey |
Let's get to work, time may be short with us, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
labor, religion |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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217 |
Pride in Love |
The neighbors laugh up their sleeve |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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218 |
Sauce for the Gander |
The last person to bed starts the |
Cedar Arts Forum |
1978 |
marriage, night |
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219 |
Better a Bonfire |
Hitch up the mule, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
memory, secrecy |
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A Country Man 29. |
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220 |
The Oracle |
The oracle whose customer I am |
Poetry |
1951 |
uncertainty, foretelling |
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Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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221 |
Facts |
I do not read portents, |
Chowder Review |
1976 |
superstition, work |
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Proved by Trial 9, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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222 |
Consider a Poem |
If I speak to explain myself |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, communication |
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223 |
Cleaning the Barn |
We put it off, not having to prove |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
work, farming |
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Landmark and Other Poems 40, Snake in the Strawberries 93. |
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224 |
The Vine |
His wife and young son in his heart, the future riding his shoulders |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
farming, nature |
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The Sun at Noon 14, Man and His Field 39, Snake in the Strawberries 18. |
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225 |
Change in Appetites |
We had a hired man whose remarks |
South Dakota Review |
1978 |
sex, animals |
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