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551 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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552 |
The Same in This As Other Lands |
He bows his head against the wind |
Poetry |
1940 |
farming, work |
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The Sun at Noon 31, Man and His Field 23, Landmark and Other Poems 58. |
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553 |
Virtue of Logic |
He believed in the generation |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
reason, argument |
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554 |
No News is Good News |
Having read the same names in the paper |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
community, significance |
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555 |
Not the Last Goodbye |
Hat askew, coat open, |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
love, worry |
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556 |
Hard Words |
Hard words married to |
Southwest Review |
1969 |
argument, marriage |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 41. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 42, Landmark and Other Poems 21. |
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557 |
Free Man |
Hans Karen and debt were old friends until 1932 |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
debt, money |
North American Review (1974) 31. |
The Sun at Noon 25, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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558 |
Out of Season |
Half of the elms along the street looked dead, |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
decay, wistfulness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 53. |
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559 |
The Trimmed Bush |
Grouch, she said, you are |
North American Review |
1984 |
appearances, relationships |
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A Country Man 58. |
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560 |
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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561 |
Point of No Return |
Grass in the cracks of the sidewalk, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
memory, decay |
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Dry Leaves. |
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562 |
Bereaved |
Granted, a meeting with her, |
The American Scholar |
1978 |
death, grief |
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Snake in the Strawberries 98. |
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563 |
Not Really a Quarrel |
Granted we slept well and |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
argument, marriage |
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564 |
The Orchard Man |
Grandfather came from a town meeting country, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
family, perseverance |
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Man and His Field 25. |
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565 |
The Deacon Goes for His Sunday Paper |
Good morning, good morning, it is a good morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
happiness, disappointment |
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Man and His Field 67. |
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566 |
Wonder of Hummingbirds |
Glass cells of red syrup hang |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
birds, amazement |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 68, Landmark and Other Poems 24 (variant). |
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567 |
Let it Come Down |
Glad that at last the litter and waster of winter, |
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568 |
The Body Of One |
Glad that at last the litter and waste of winter, |
Midland |
1931 |
spring, rain |
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Country Men (1937) xxviii, (1938) 50, (1943) 57. Landmark and Other Poems 37 (as "Let It Come Down") |
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569 |
A Balance Sheet |
From my father's family I inherit |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
family, habit |
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570 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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571 |
Farm on a Summer Night |
From a clear sky at night the starlight |
Country Men |
1937 |
faith, religion |
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Country Men (1937) v, (1938) 21, (1943) 31. |
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572 |
Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) |
Fresh from the slow hills of Iowa |
Ladies Home Journal |
1962 |
welcoming, Mexico |
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Limited View 12. |
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573 |
Stranger |
Following his father's footsteps |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
retirement, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 26, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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574 |
Espaliered on a Wailing Wall |
Farmland lacks immunity to the |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, cities |
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575 |
The Return Flight |
Evening spread fingers of shadow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
birds, fall |
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A Single Focus 72. |
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