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176 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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177 |
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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178 |
The Backward Flow |
A man bent with the burden |
University of Windsor Review |
1979 |
aging, fall |
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179 |
Retirement Blues |
Neither anger nor reproach will |
Poetry View |
1979 |
aging, life |
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180 |
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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181 |
Death of a Marriage |
They reached home, |
Black and White |
1979 |
divorce, silence |
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182 |
A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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183 |
But the Earth Abides |
The windmill squeaks, flaps broken vanes, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
renewal, entropy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 9. |
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184 |
Women Shearing Men |
The wind whistles a bawdy tune, |
Canadian Forum |
1979 |
control, animals |
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Snake in the Strawberries 97. |
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185 |
Do People Care for People? |
Appetites in the barnyard bawled |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
compassion, civilization |
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186 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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187 |
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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188 |
A Secret to Live By |
In the attic of my mind |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
memory, revelation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
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189 |
Hang On to the Grab Bar |
Caught in the revolving door |
Kansas Quarterly |
1979 |
longing, civilization |
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190 |
The Fact Is... |
A duck at a worm |
Poetry View |
1979 |
nature, death |
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191 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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192 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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193 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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194 |
Land of Beginnings |
The door you once closed lets you slip through |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
time, farming |
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Snake in the Strawberries 3. |
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195 |
A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit |
He got the message! |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
independence, aging |
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196 |
Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
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197 |
A Disowner |
Not my world today |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
integrity, alienation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 99. |
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198 |
A Way by Water |
In the basement this morning |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
water, animals |
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199 |
At Least Once a Problem Solved |
Sometimes I feel like a shadow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
birth, accomplishment |
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200 |
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. |
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