351 |
The Land Owner |
She moved into the threadbare house |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, gardening |
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Planting Red Geraniums 16 |
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352 |
Shake in Vain |
Shake in vain the orchard trees |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
trees, longing |
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Planting Red Geraniums 17 |
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353 |
See How the Wind |
See how the wind repeats itself |
America |
1960 |
winter, perseverance |
Late Harvest 74. |
Limited View 9. |
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354 |
The Groundhog |
Scooped from his winter nest |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
faith, animals |
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Dry Leaves. |
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355 |
Weltschmerz |
Saturday, late November sunshine |
Iowa State Liquor Store |
1971 |
Depression, November |
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356 |
The Isle of the Setting Sun |
Sailorman, Sailorman, by the dark water, |
Heacock's |
1924 |
beauty, longing |
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357 |
When a Neighbor Dies |
Safe from loneliness, safe from storm, |
American Prefaces |
1936 |
death, nature |
Cedar Falls (Iowa) Record 26 June (1937) 37, Midland Schools 77 (Mar. 1963) 13. |
Country Men (1937) xv, (1938) 34, (1943) 42, Man and His Field 29, Landmark and Other Poems 15. |
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358 |
Impudence |
Rowdy winter wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wind, winter |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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359 |
Vigilance |
Rocks grow expensive |
Kansas City Magazine |
1960 |
farming, nature |
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360 |
The Malicious Spirit of Machines |
Right in our own house, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
machines, breakdown |
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361 |
An Older Language |
Riding up on a southwest wind |
Amanuensis |
1972 |
birds, spring |
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362 |
Three Old Horses |
Returning to the gate at close of day |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wisdom, animals |
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Man and His Field 24. |
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363 |
So Much Change |
Remember how the book would not |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
love, loss |
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A Country Man 21. |
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364 |
Keep the Storm Outside |
Rain patters on my roof |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
weather, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 33, Landmark and Other Poems 34. |
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365 |
Silver Maples |
Rain fingers stroke our grey bodies |
Wallace's Farmer |
1939 |
farming, nature |
North American Review |
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366 |
Queer People |
Queer people eat soup |
Erebus Rising |
1971 |
compassion, nonconformity |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 41, Landmark and Other Poems 16. |
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367 |
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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368 |
End of a Landmark |
Power from a copper wire |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
destruction, disappointment |
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369 |
View by View |
Poplars mark the limit of the yard |
New York Times |
1969 |
love, secrecy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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370 |
Spring Barnyard |
Pigeons circle the wet glossy mud |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, materiality |
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The Sun at Noon 37. |
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371 |
Logician |
Pete Everson was called four-eyed Pete |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
infidelity, strategy |
North American Review (1974) 37. |
The Sun at Noon 27, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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372 |
Muskrats in the Cornfield |
Persuasion of rain and sun |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
farming, animals |
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Proved by Trial 22. |
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373 |
In Doubt |
Perhaps the fields are doubtful too in spring |
Midwest Quarterly |
1965 |
farming, winter |
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A Single Focus 24, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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374 |
Without Your Good Morning |
Perhaps I miss you more than I should, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, loss |
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A Country Man 49. |
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375 |
At Least on the Surface |
People who live in neighborhoods |
Miscellany |
1976 |
neighbors, appearances |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 65, Snake in the Strawberries 69. |
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