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601 |
Late Meadowlark |
We know the meaning when we read the signs |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
birds, fall |
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Limited View 11, Snake in the Strawberries 34. |
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|
602 |
Threat of Weather |
We know we can outlast the weather |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
love, weather |
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Man and His Field 57, Snake in the Strawberries 25. |
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603 |
Benchmark of Plunder |
We needed an onion, the row |
A Country Man |
1993 |
theft, exchange |
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A Country Man 25. |
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604 |
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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605 |
Blue Again |
We saw the horizon with stubborn clutch |
Country Men |
1937 |
weather, clouds |
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606 |
Where We Live |
We stole time to walk together |
A Country Man |
1993 |
nature, relationships |
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A Country Man 57. |
|
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607 |
To Build a Fence |
We stretch a barbed wire from corner post |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
fences, labor |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
|
|
608 |
Escape Artist |
Well, well, so this is the way |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
argument, performance |
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|
|
|
609 |
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. |
|
|
610 |
Still Heard but Faintly |
What chime struck from the iron air |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
winter, faith |
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|
|
|
611 |
Part Of An Eternal Dialogue |
What do I hear on my window rapping |
Contemporary Verse |
1925 |
life, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xxxi, (1938) 53, (1943) 60. |
|
|
612 |
Vacations |
What do people do for vacations |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
cities, travel |
|
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|
|
613 |
Subscription to Salvation |
What do you know, |
Wormwood Review |
1981 |
religion, solicitation |
|
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|
|
614 |
It Might Save Us |
What they had in common |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
neighbors, relationships |
|
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|
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615 |
A Green Voice |
Whatever cold tones |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
renewal, holiday |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 54, Landmark and Other Poems 24. |
|
|
616 |
Each Spring |
When ducks print signs in the mud for the farmer to read, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
spring, hope |
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|
|
617 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
|
|
|
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618 |
The Questioner |
When evening bows its head so does the farmer, |
Compass Review |
1958 |
farming, significance |
North American Review (1974) 24. |
Limited View 10, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
|
|
619 |
Banish Morning Fear |
When he woke at dawn, it was his habit to think |
Modern Maturity |
1980 |
aging, mortality |
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|
|
|
620 |
Success |
When I come home from work at close of day |
Best Articles and Stories |
1958 |
farming, animals |
Poetry 92 (Aug. 1958) 299. |
Limited View 3, Landmark and Other Poems 52. |
|
|
621 |
Praise |
When I forced the fat land with seed |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, nature |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 55, Landmark and Other Poems 57 (as "Now I Am Free"). |
|
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622 |
Whatever Happened |
When I was young I discovered |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
reading, conformity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 82, The Good Earth 68. |
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|
623 |
Try, Try Again |
When I was young the girls were quick |
Monthly magazine for the Arts of Storytelling |
1972 |
aging, sex |
|
|
|
|
624 |
The Gardener |
When in the sun and armed with shears |
English Journal |
1971 |
gardening, fall |
|
|
|
|
625 |
The Reminder |
When the day finally ended I felt wet and cold |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
love, farming |
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