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301 |
Hostility to Order |
Today the sun's eye |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
entropy, order |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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302 |
Don't Ask the Professor |
Don't bring anymore naked questions |
The Back Door |
1970 |
aging, frustration |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 19. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 59, Snake in the Strawberries 72, The Good Earth 62. |
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303 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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304 |
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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305 |
The Shelled Pea News |
To shell peas on a hot |
Commonweal |
1983 |
work, amazement |
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306 |
It Was Like This |
It was neither the Herod in me |
Commonweal |
1967 |
argument, forgiveness |
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307 |
Close the Accounts |
The putting away time shows up |
Commonweal |
1965 |
farming, fall |
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A Single Focus 19, Snake in the Strawberries 44, Landmark and Other Poems 37. |
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308 |
The Farmer's Bride |
Dry weeds wait for snow, |
Commonweal |
1971 |
winter, chores |
Voyages to Inland Sea, II 46. |
Snake in the Strawberries 56. |
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309 |
Wilderness Ways |
The rabbit knows why the hawk is there |
Commonweal |
1965 |
wilderness, animals |
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A Single Focus 20, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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310 |
Potencies |
Earth, sun-plowed, rain-swept, trembles |
Commonweal |
1966 |
farming, diligence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 27, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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311 |
Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
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312 |
Hard Words |
Hard words married to |
Southwest Review |
1969 |
argument, marriage |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 41. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 42, Landmark and Other Poems 21. |
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313 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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314 |
News of Your Coming |
broke open the day like a flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
love, anticipation |
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315 |
Alien |
The winter trees replied |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
winter, solitude |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 44. |
Proved by Trial 18, Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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316 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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317 |
Destruction |
The barn stood for shelter |
The Denver Quarterly |
1969 |
fire, destruction |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 40. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 61, Snake in the Strawberries 56. |
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318 |
Sounds around a Man |
It's late, late in the year |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
sound, identity |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 45. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 38, Snake in the Strawberries 57. |
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319 |
Between Neighbors |
A raw nerve jumped in our |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
argument, neighbors |
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320 |
Spring On The Farm |
The mixed emotions which I hold this spring |
Canadian Poetry Magazine |
1957 |
animals, spring |
The MacDonald Farm Journal 20.3 (March 1959) 19, Wallace's Farmer (16 March 1963) 50. |
Limited View 30, Landmark and Other Poems 52. |
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321 |
Resolution |
Strokes took off the big tree's top |
after Ward Bib. |
1982 |
work |
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322 |
Winter Reverie |
Winter grips the farm |
after Ward Bib. |
1986 |
winter, perseverance |
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A Country Man 37. |
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323 |
An Older Language |
Riding up on a southwest wind |
Amanuensis |
1972 |
birds, spring |
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324 |
The Quarrel |
The front steps seemed not |
American Press |
1965 |
argument, silence |
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A Single Focus 40, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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325 |
Fallen Sign |
There comes a time when |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
farming, aging |
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A Country Man 18. |
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