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226 |
No Leaves? No Apples? |
No fruit bends the orchard trees |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
fall, perseverance |
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Man and His Field 59. |
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227 |
Three Sides to a Farm |
So now he wants to buy my farm, he's got |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, generations |
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A Single Focus 29, Snake in the Strawberries 38. |
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228 |
At Least One Step |
It was a night to stay inside, |
Sunday Oregonian |
1972 |
faith, religion |
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229 |
Point of No Return |
Grass in the cracks of the sidewalk, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
memory, decay |
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Dry Leaves. |
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230 |
Sparrows in Spring |
The water falls drip.. drip.. drap |
Country Men |
1937 |
planting, nature |
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Country Men (1937) xiii, (1938) 33, (1943) 41. |
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231 |
Escape Artist |
Well, well, so this is the way |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
argument, performance |
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232 |
Walls |
My terrace wall dropped |
Yankee Magazine |
1982 |
ownership, division |
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233 |
End of the Game |
Two little boys dusty with pollen |
Lake Superior Review |
1977 |
childhood, play |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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234 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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235 |
Book of the Mind |
Chilled and seared by the weather |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
introspection, thoughts |
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Planting Red Geraniums 22 |
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236 |
The Painter |
Our local painter always seemed afraid |
Wanderer |
1924 |
death, prudence |
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237 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
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Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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238 |
Seventy Times Seven |
Let the rain discover |
Country Men |
1937 |
forgiveness, loneliness |
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239 |
Bitter Taste |
I ate the sour grapes and tried |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
anger, nature |
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240 |
Hope Goes Whoosh! |
We just could not believe our luck. |
Focus |
1984 |
neighbors, disappointment |
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241 |
No Nightingales, No Nymphs |
The imperatives of spring |
Poetry |
1979 |
spring, work |
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242 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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243 |
Intruder |
The morning flowered in |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
morning, sadness |
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A Single Focus 65, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
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244 |
The Debtor |
These leaden days when the sky is overcast |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
farming, debt |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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245 |
Arrogance of Things |
The growth of the cornfield today |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
death, materiality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
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246 |
The Supplicant |
I try, when I awake, on a bright Sunday morning |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
rest, Sunday |
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247 |
The Comfort of a Friend |
We have wandered as we wished |
A Country Man |
1993 |
aging, friendship |
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A Country Man 47. |
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248 |
A Small Victory |
Cold, the snow squeaked underfoot, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
revenge, animals |
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249 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
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250 |
Bluejay |
Into the calm of morning as stone breaks |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
birds, hunting |
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Proved by Trial 15. |
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