226 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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227 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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228 |
Alive and Well |
Don't fill the kitchen pot |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
winter, perseverance |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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229 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
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230 |
There Must Be Somewhere to Go |
Wait for me, wait for me, |
North Country |
1977 |
uncertainty, leaving |
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231 |
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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232 |
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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233 |
Escape Artist |
Well, well, so this is the way |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
argument, performance |
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234 |
Each Day Alive |
The desk calendar |
Northeast |
1977 |
nature, time |
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235 |
The Road |
It opened the way |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
time, change |
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236 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
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237 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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238 |
Daydream |
Warmed to drowsiness by the |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
fall, memory |
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239 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
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240 |
Song |
In now time beg the sun hold still |
Poet Lore |
1977 |
time, impermanence |
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241 |
Emeritus |
He cleans out the file and crams |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1977 |
retirement, time |
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242 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
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Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
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243 |
The Way It Is |
Prepare the ground, I told her, |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
gardening, gender |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 18. |
Snake in the Strawberries 80. |
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244 |
Vacation in Colorado |
The street's hullabaloo tramps |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
wilderness, civilization |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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245 |
One Way For An Answer |
No way, just no way, |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
mountains, revelation |
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Proved by Trial 21, Landmark and Other Poems 28. |
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246 |
Who? Who? |
Do you ever stop to wonder— |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
identity, reflection |
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Snake in the Strawberries 80. |
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247 |
Ute Cemetery |
Gravestones lean every which way, |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
death, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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248 |
Same Thing but Different |
The paperboy slammed the screen door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
community, routine |
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Snake in the Strawberries 81. |
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249 |
Evergreen Transformations |
‘‘Who knocks on my door?’’ asks History |
The Alumnus |
1976 |
education, truth |
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250 |
Still Heard but Faintly |
What chime struck from the iron air |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
winter, faith |
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