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Title First Linesort ascending Original Publication Date Themes Republication Hearst Collections
126 Birthplace This is the heart of the farm where I was born, Limited View 1962 memory, home Snake in the Strawberries 30. Limited View 42, The Good Earth 58.
127 Winter Solstice This is the final day Country Men 1938 love, winter Country Men (1938) 57.
128 Moment Toward Spring This is the day when on the hills of noon Ladies Home Journal 1959 spring, transition Limited View 13, Snake in the Strawberries 29.
129 The Meeting This is the curb where Motive 1966 love, loss A Single Focus 60, Landmark and Other Poems 23.
130 Plowman This is plowing time and I am plowing Midland 1927 farming, planting Country Men (1937) xxxiv, (1938) 56, (1943) 63, Landmark and Other Poems 38.
131 Names for an Obstacle This iceberg of granite Poem 1969 rootedness, perseverance
132 In April This I saw on an April day: Midland 1926 spring, renewal The Republican Journal (3 April 2014) <http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/poets-corner-april/1143336>. Country Men (1937) iii, (1938) 19, (1943) 29, Man and His Field 38, Snake in the Strawberries 16.
133 Marred This headache of a morning Sparrow Magazine 1965 morning, birds North American Review (1974) 31. A Single Focus 38, Landmark and Other Poems 19.
134 The Test This guy walking down the street Wormwood Review 1968 alienation, self-pity Proved by Trial 20.
135 The Happy Farmer This farm where I live Music for Seven Poems 1958 farming, poverty
136 Dragon Lesson This country needs live dragons, Snake in the Strawberries 1979 integrity, peace Snake in the Strawberries 100.
137 Eighty Birthdays This cake, a snow-topped hill, Yankee Magazine 1977 aging, longing Snake in the Strawberries 84.
138 Burning a Dead Heifer This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose, Man and His Field 1951 death, animals Man and His Field 63.
139 Who Cares for History? They tore down the old Saylor house, A Country Man 1993 memory, loss A Country Man 15.
140 Each to Its Own Purpose They said, don't use words Yankee Magazine 1975 poetry, language Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94.
141 Death of a Marriage They reached home, Black and White 1979 divorce, silence
142 Abandoned Orchard These weathered trees Poetry Now 1984 decay, perseverance
143 The Debtor These leaden days when the sky is overcast Man and His Field 1951 farming, debt Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39.
144 [There's music in my heart] There’s music in my heart, Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst 2017 love, nature Planting Red Geraniums 35-6
145 The Snapshot There we four sit, quick perched as sparrows on a wire, Poetry Now 1976 memory, holiday The Iowan (Spring 1979) 15, Christmas in Iowa. Ed. Clarence Andrews. Iowa City: Midwest Heritage Publishing Co. (1979) 66.
146 [There was an old cock] There was an old cock Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst 2017 sex, animals Planting Red Geraniums 34
147 Animal Tracks There is a tiger hid Hawk and Whippoorwill 1961 duality, nature Limited View 7, Landmark and Other Poems 49.
148 Fallen Sign There comes a time when Anglo-American Studies 1983 farming, aging A Country Man 18.
149 Day's Facts There came a morning when Prairie Schooner 1970 technology, breakdown Shaken by Leaf-Fall 37.
150 Little Bull The...poor...little...bull A Single Focus 1967 animals, persistence North American Review (1974) 28. Out of This World: Poems from the Hawkeye State. (1975) 30. A Single Focus 49, Landmark and Other Poems 56.

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