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226 |
The Shadow |
I have seen the butcher's shadow |
Chicago Jewish Forum |
1959 |
animals, slaughter |
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Limited View 4, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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227 |
Order in the Grove |
The small grove has been let go, |
South Dakota Review |
1971 |
order, animals |
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228 |
Time's Flail |
A scraggly corner, maimed by brush and weeds |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, tools |
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A Single Focus 34. |
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229 |
The Shelled Pea News |
To shell peas on a hot |
Commonweal |
1983 |
work, amazement |
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230 |
Not Floods but Emptiness |
This morning I stepped outdoors |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1969 |
language, nature |
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231 |
Love Song |
Deep in the woods I wake |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
nature, love |
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232 |
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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233 |
Birth Pains |
I do not remember birth pains |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
morning, birth |
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234 |
Cold's Verdict |
Anger wraps me in a mantle of yellow |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
neighbors, winter |
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A Single Focus 49, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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235 |
What Matters |
It rose high enough |
North American Review |
1984 |
order, farming |
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A Country Man 31. |
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236 |
Beauty |
I stayed in the field though the rain was beginning to fall |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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see variant note |
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237 |
Blue Again |
We saw the horizon with stubborn clutch |
Country Men |
1937 |
weather, clouds |
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238 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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239 |
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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240 |
Out of Bounds |
Black asphalt abides between unbroken curbs of cement, |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
cities, gardening |
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241 |
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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242 |
Daydream |
Warmed to drowsiness by the |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
fall, memory |
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243 |
But the Earth Abides |
The windmill squeaks, flaps broken vanes, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
renewal, entropy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 9. |
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244 |
The Way the Light Shines |
The shrill singing of cicada |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
aging, friendship |
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245 |
I'm a Christian but . . . |
It gets pretty thick when |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
religion, satire |
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246 |
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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247 |
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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248 |
The Wall |
A door builds a strange wall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1976 |
perspective, home |
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Proved by Trial 16. |
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249 |
Spring Weather |
Just when the grass |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, marriage |
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Planting Red Geraniums 31 |
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250 |
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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