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226 |
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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227 |
Propped Apple Tree |
Its branches bowed with fruit, the tree |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, farming |
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A Single Focus 22. |
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228 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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229 |
The Plowboy |
I’ll plow myself a pillow, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
planting, death |
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230 |
Abrasive Time |
Just think how alert we would all need to be |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
aging, time |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 67. |
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231 |
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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232 |
Kelly's Woods |
Kelly’s Woods—our picnic grounds |
Time Like a Furrow: Essays |
1981 |
family, childhood |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 40-42. |
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233 |
Late For The News |
Last week you said |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
Depression, routine |
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Landmark and Other Poems |
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234 |
Missed Fortune |
Late for our dates, |
Boston Monthly |
1982 |
superstition, opportunity |
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235 |
Seventy Times Seven |
Let the rain discover |
Country Men |
1937 |
forgiveness, loneliness |
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236 |
Susanna and the Elders |
Let us put thought aside |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
innocence, secrecy |
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Proved by Trial 21, Snake in the Strawberries 83. |
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237 |
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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238 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
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239 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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240 |
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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241 |
Elegy |
Listen, my friend, shuttered in |
Today |
1966 |
spring, isolation |
Annals of Iowa 42 (Spring 1974) 294, Late Harvest 76. |
A Single Focus 66, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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242 |
Truant |
Little rowdy yellow duck, darting from your mother, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
birds, adventure |
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243 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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244 |
Love |
Love hungers, a cruel eye |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
desire, hunting |
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Limited View 21, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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245 |
Ape in My Heart |
Lust stinks in my nostrils |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
shame, lust |
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Planting Red Geraniums 21 |
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246 |
An Evasive Fellow |
Lust worries the |
Jump River Review |
1981 |
lust, evasiveness |
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247 |
Weed Solitude |
Machines worn out, embalmed in rust, |
Kansas City Magazine |
1960 |
machines, decay |
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Limited View 8, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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248 |
A Curious Critter |
Man is both good and kind |
Aspen Times |
1972 |
people, morality |
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249 |
Penance for Anger |
Many times you have fed me, my dear, |
Northwest Review |
1967 |
argument, forgiveness |
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250 |
Woman and Her Wayward Garden |
Maples and oaks turn scarlet, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
fall, wistfulness |
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Dry Leaves. |
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