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Farmer to His Son |
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The Sage and the Stones |
His Neighbors farmed |
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1962 |
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Let it Come Down |
Glad that at last the litter and waster of winter, |
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Many Hens Do Not Make Light Work |
The drake has too many hens |
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disinterest, birds |
North American Review (1974) 36. |
Limited View 31, Snake in the Strawberries 28. |
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Now I Hear This |
Your Honor, she cried, I need help. |
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1982 |
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Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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Not the Day to Listen |
This nifty gent with a spry tongue |
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1986 |
death, work |
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A Country Man 40. |
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Stolid Farmer to His Son |
Choose your wife for straight legs and an honest tongue. |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
wisdom, knowledge |
North American Review (1974) 28. |
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The Old Dog |
The old dog waits patiently for death |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
death |
North American Review (1974) 23. |
The Sun at Noon 17, Landmark and Other Poems 47. |
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Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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Choosing |
The stolid farmer took his hoe |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
farming, choice |
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The Sun at Noon 18, Landmark and Other Poems 50, Man and His Field 33. |
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Spring Barnyard |
Pigeons circle the wet glossy mud |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, materiality |
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The Sun at Noon 37. |
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Between Snow and Stars |
The sun trips and falls headlong down the sky |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, farming |
Late Harvest 75. |
The Sun at Noon 20, Man and His Field 44, Landmark and Other Poems 42. |
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The Other Land |
The strength and persuasion of the long slow turning |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
seasons, divinity |
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The Sun at Noon 22. |
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Time Like a Hand |
The hardware merchant reaches back for the past |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
aging, alienation |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
The Sun at Noon 22, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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The Neighborhood |
The neighborhood has a mind and heart of its own |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
secrecy, community |
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The Sun at Noon 24, Snake in the Strawberries 20. |
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17 |
Free Man |
Hans Karen and debt were old friends until 1932 |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
debt, money |
North American Review (1974) 31. |
The Sun at Noon 25, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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Stranger |
Following his father's footsteps |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
retirement, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 26, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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Logician |
Pete Everson was called four-eyed Pete |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
infidelity, strategy |
North American Review (1974) 37. |
The Sun at Noon 27, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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Homesickness |
Marie Summers took a course in Commercial |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
cities, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 28, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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Good Friday |
My neighbor plants potatoes on Good Friday |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
superstition, tradition |
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The Sun at Noon 11, Landmark and Other Poems 50. |
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Snake in the Strawberries |
This lovely girl dressed in lambswool thoughts |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
disaster, innocence |
University of Kansas Review 11 (Autumn 1944) 45, Midwest 7 (Spring 1964) vi, Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 77, Interpreting Literature. 4th Ed. K. L. Knickerbocker and H. W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. 268, Interpreting Li |
Man and His Field 64, Shaken by Leaf-fall 72, Snake in the Strawberries 57, The Good Earth 54. |
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The Vine |
His wife and young son in his heart, the future riding his shoulders |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
farming, nature |
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The Sun at Noon 14, Man and His Field 39, Snake in the Strawberries 18. |
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Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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A Testament |
The ant down there, dragging his leg, |
America |
1973 |
perseverance, insects |
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Snake in the Strawberries 58. |
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