451 |
Alive and Well |
Don't fill the kitchen pot |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
winter, perseverance |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
|
452 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
|
453 |
End of the Game |
Two little boys dusty with pollen |
Lake Superior Review |
1977 |
childhood, play |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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454 |
Words that Smell Bad |
Neighbor, your "friendly" note arrived |
New River Review |
1977 |
neighbors, argument |
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Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
|
455 |
One Way For An Answer |
No way, just no way, |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
mountains, revelation |
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Proved by Trial 21, Landmark and Other Poems 28. |
|
456 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
|
457 |
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. |
|
458 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
|
459 |
Surprise [2] |
Some friends of ours decided to |
Christian Science Monitor |
1977 |
farming, unexpected |
|
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460 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
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Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
|
461 |
I Set My Chair |
I set my chair on the driveway |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
meditation, interruptions |
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Proved by Trial 25, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
|
462 |
A Disowner |
Not my world today |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
integrity, alienation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 99. |
|
463 |
Our Country |
The lady in the harbor |
View Magazine |
1978 |
promise, disillusionment |
|
|
|
464 |
A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit |
He got the message! |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
independence, aging |
|
|
|
465 |
Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
|
|
|
466 |
The Inevitable Words like Signposts |
The morning's paper carried a story |
Ohio Review |
1978 |
death, friendship |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 22, Ohio Review 30 (1983) 252. |
Snake in the Strawberries 100. |
|
467 |
A Way by Water |
In the basement this morning |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
water, animals |
|
|
|
468 |
At Least Once a Problem Solved |
Sometimes I feel like a shadow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
birth, accomplishment |
|
|
|
469 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
|
|
|
470 |
Birth Pains |
I do not remember birth pains |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
morning, birth |
|
|
|
471 |
Relief from Pressure |
The forecast said rain, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
weather, work |
|
|
|
472 |
The Professor Enrolls |
I decided to major in leisure |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1978 |
relaxation, education |
|
|
|
473 |
Modern Design |
How can you clean up the place |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
order, gardening |
|
|
|
474 |
They Never Came |
Our town prepared for invasion |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
paranoia, community |
|
|
|
475 |
Virtue of Logic |
He believed in the generation |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
reason, argument |
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