|
276 |
Instead of Honey |
Let's get to work, time may be short with us, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
labor, religion |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
|
|
277 |
Facts |
I do not read portents, |
Chowder Review |
1976 |
superstition, work |
|
Proved by Trial 9, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
|
|
278 |
No News is Good News |
Having read the same names in the paper |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
community, significance |
|
|
|
|
279 |
Cleaning the Barn |
We put it off, not having to prove |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
work, farming |
|
Landmark and Other Poems 40, Snake in the Strawberries 93. |
|
|
280 |
Evergreen Transformations |
‘‘Who knocks on my door?’’ asks History |
The Alumnus |
1976 |
education, truth |
|
|
|
|
281 |
Neighborhood in the Suburbs |
Take our garbage cans, a man may be known |
Miscellany |
1976 |
secrecy, community |
|
Proved by Trial 10. |
|
|
282 |
Waiting |
Waiting is not patience |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
frustration, fishing |
|
Dry Leaves. |
|
|
283 |
Day After Day |
The baby cries in its crib |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
insecurity, despair |
|
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 18, Snake in the Strawberries 75. |
|
|
284 |
Wedding Anniversary |
A frightening day |
Sunday Clothes |
1975 |
farming, anger |
|
Proved by Trial 11. |
|
|
285 |
Point of No Return |
Grass in the cracks of the sidewalk, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
memory, decay |
|
Dry Leaves. |
|
|
286 |
Too Many Defeats Dull the Spirit |
The worst was |
Poetry Now |
1975 |
farming, weather |
|
Proved by Trial 12, Snake in the Strawberries 92. |
|
|
287 |
The Groundhog |
Scooped from his winter nest |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
faith, animals |
|
Dry Leaves. |
|
|
288 |
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. |
|
|
289 |
Portrait of an Old Horse |
I wonder what shaggy thoughts |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
aging, animals |
|
Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 61. |
|
|
290 |
Home Work |
Today is cleaning day in the pens |
The Ghent Quarterly |
1975 |
work, animals |
|
|
|
|
291 |
Hardened Arteries |
When the office screwed a few bucks |
Poetry Now |
1975 |
selfishness, guilt |
|
Proved by Trial 14. |
|
|
292 |
Woman and Her Wayward Garden |
Maples and oaks turn scarlet, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
fall, wistfulness |
|
Dry Leaves. |
|
|
293 |
Stream and Tree |
The stream's promise |
Wascana Review |
1975 |
nature, suicide |
|
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 70. |
|
|
294 |
Sad, the Way It Is |
Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies, |
Green Magazine |
1975 |
time, impermanence |
|
|
|
|
295 |
An Occasion |
In the late afternoon, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
fall, love |
|
Dry Leaves, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
|
|
296 |
Chill Comfort |
The sun rose, burned off the mist, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
breakfast, loneliness |
|
Proved by Trial 17. |
|
|
297 |
A Prejudiced Witness |
This morning my wife and I |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
birds, marriage |
|
Dry Leaves, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
|
|
298 |
A Jog to Memory |
The odor of wild honey |
Sunday Clothes |
1975 |
innocence, happiness |
|
|
|
|
299 |
The Visitor |
In the heat of the afternoon |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
farming, ownership |
|
Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 62. |
|
|
300 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
|
Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
|
