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201 |
The Hammer and the Rat |
The teetering carpenter sets his spike |
Country Men |
1943 |
distraction, inaction |
North American Review (1974) 33. |
Country Men (1943) 59. Landmark and Other Poems 14. |
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202 |
Farm on a Summer Night |
From a clear sky at night the starlight |
Country Men |
1937 |
faith, religion |
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Country Men (1937) v, (1938) 21, (1943) 31. |
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203 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
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Country Men (1938) 52. |
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204 |
After the People Go |
No one lives here any more, they all have moved away |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) vii, (1938) 24, (1943) 34, Man and His Field 69. |
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205 |
How Many Shadows Has a Man |
The dog looked into the water |
Country Men |
1943 |
experience, knowledge |
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206 |
Mad Dog |
Like a great yellow dog, the sun |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) viii, (1938) 22, (1943) 36, Man and His Field 60, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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207 |
The Warning Cry |
The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads |
Country Men |
1937 |
spring, renewal |
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208 |
The Army |
The pavements of the mind |
Country Men |
1943 |
indoctrination, morality |
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Country Men (1943) 62, Man and His Field 37. |
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209 |
Winter Solstice |
This is the final day |
Country Men |
1938 |
love, winter |
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Country Men (1938) 57. |
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210 |
Evening |
Be quiet, Heart, the sun goes down |
Country Men |
1938 |
sunset, peacefulness |
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Country Men (1938) 62, (1943) 70, Man and His Field 71. |
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211 |
Sparrows in Spring |
The water falls drip.. drip.. drap |
Country Men |
1937 |
planting, nature |
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Country Men (1937) xiii, (1938) 33, (1943) 41. |
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212 |
Seventy Times Seven |
Let the rain discover |
Country Men |
1937 |
forgiveness, loneliness |
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213 |
Blue Again |
We saw the horizon with stubborn clutch |
Country Men |
1937 |
weather, clouds |
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214 |
Apple Harvest |
The wind knocks on my door |
Bitterroot |
1965 |
fall, mortality |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
A Single Focus 68, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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215 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
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216 |
Judgement by Spring Rain |
Some snarl faced poet |
Yankee Magazine |
1973 |
seasons, aging |
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Proved by Trial 7, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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217 |
Walls |
My terrace wall dropped |
Yankee Magazine |
1982 |
ownership, division |
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218 |
Each to Its Own Purpose |
They said, don't use words |
Yankee Magazine |
1975 |
poetry, language |
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Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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219 |
End of April |
A grey sky roofs the morning |
Yankee Magazine |
1968 |
weather, color |
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Snake in the Strawberries 47. |
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220 |
Eighty Birthdays |
This cake, a snow-topped hill, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
aging, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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221 |
Strange Things Happen |
I found a ball in the yard |
Yankee Magazine |
1984 |
memory, games |
North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 27. |
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222 |
Sooner or Later |
My roots search for water |
Yankee Magazine |
1980 |
trouble, nature |
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223 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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224 |
Goodbye, Mrs. O'Flynn |
I am not carrying on with Mrs. O'Flynn |
A Country Man |
1993 |
gossip, sex |
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A Country Man 55. |
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225 |
This Is How They Do It |
"I own this farm," Henry Jensen |
A Country Man |
1993 |
law, understanding |
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A Country Man 24, The Good Earth 64. |
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