151 |
Consider a Poem |
If I speak to explain myself |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, communication |
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152 |
Espaliered on a Wailing Wall |
Farmland lacks immunity to the |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, cities |
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153 |
It Might Be True |
When we kids complained about |
English Journal |
1980 |
childhood, superstition |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 39. |
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154 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
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155 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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156 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
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157 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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158 |
Something is Given |
Something is given |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, farming |
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159 |
Sooner or Later |
My roots search for water |
Yankee Magazine |
1980 |
trouble, nature |
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160 |
Wheelchair Blues |
Two raised steps deny him |
North American Review |
1979 |
disability, memory |
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161 |
Dragon Lesson |
This country needs live dragons, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
integrity, peace |
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Snake in the Strawberries 100. |
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162 |
Retirement Time Is the Time to Retire |
About twilight, swallows stitched |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
retirement, aging |
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Snake in the Strawberries 5. |
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163 |
No Nightingales, No Nymphs |
The imperatives of spring |
Poetry |
1979 |
spring, work |
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164 |
To Build a Fence |
We stretch a barbed wire from corner post |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
fences, labor |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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165 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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166 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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167 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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168 |
A Misery Bleeds |
A misery bleeds inside of me |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
Depression, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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169 |
The Fact Is... |
A duck at a worm |
Poetry View |
1979 |
nature, death |
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170 |
Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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171 |
Not to Be Overlooked |
We had a bull calf born premature, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
surprise, validation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 7. |
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172 |
Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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173 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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174 |
Arrogance of Things |
The growth of the cornfield today |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
death, materiality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
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175 |
The Backward Flow |
A man bent with the burden |
University of Windsor Review |
1979 |
aging, fall |
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