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251 |
Home |
The house sags like it’s grieving, paint |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
misfortune, rootedness |
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252 |
Auction |
The house offers its private |
Fiction: The Magazine for Storytelling |
1974 |
money, belongings |
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Snake in the Strawberries 60. |
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253 |
Time's Laggard |
The house of summer closed its doors. |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
winter, stubbornness |
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254 |
Taking the Bull to Water |
The herd bull leaves his stall |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
animals, danger |
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255 |
Shy Breeder |
The heifer is in heat but |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
animals, sex |
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256 |
Time Like a Hand |
The hardware merchant reaches back for the past |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
aging, alienation |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
The Sun at Noon 22, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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257 |
Construction |
The hammer voices went on an on |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
labor, winter |
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Man and His Field 62. |
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258 |
Let It Shine |
The guy who hides his light |
Wormwood Review |
1982 |
confidence, religion |
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259 |
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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260 |
The Enemy |
The girl who now switches |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
desire, hunting |
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Snake in the Strawberries 92. |
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261 |
Con Man |
The gifts I buy and offer you, my dear, |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, expectations |
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262 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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263 |
Let's Go Inside |
The furrowed field sleeps |
Sou'wester Literary Quarterly |
1968 |
fall, relaxation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 64. |
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264 |
The Quarrel |
The front steps seemed not |
American Press |
1965 |
argument, silence |
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A Single Focus 40, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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265 |
Quarrel's Echo |
The front steps seemed not |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
relationships, sadness |
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266 |
The Old Admonitions |
The friend that I had |
Prairie Schooner |
1958 |
loneliness, loss |
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Limited View 2, Snake in the Strawberries 30, The Good Earth 57. |
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267 |
The Provincial |
The Frenchman asked, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
home, travel |
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A Country Man 54. |
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268 |
Relief from Pressure |
The forecast said rain, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
weather, work |
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269 |
Pressed Flowers |
The flowers we picked last summer |
Nimrod |
1971 |
memory, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 36, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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270 |
The Thief |
The fists of the summer sun |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
weather, seasons |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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271 |
Morning Walk |
The first thing after breakfast |
Aspen Times |
1967 |
community, morning |
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272 |
This Is the Way It Seems |
The first of the month the mail |
English Journal |
1982 |
money, routine |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 44. |
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273 |
Comfort in an Old Tune |
The fields echo an old tune |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
nature, peacefulness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 71, Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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274 |
Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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275 |
Poverty |
The field of clover sowed last fall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
weather, farming |
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