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276 |
Today is Now |
It doesn't need headlines, |
Focus |
1984 |
aging, memory |
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277 |
What Time Is It Anyway? |
You can't win 'em all, |
Focus |
1984 |
work, alienation |
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278 |
Claim for Damages |
"The man recovered from the bite, |
Focus |
1984 |
frustration, law |
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279 |
Hope Goes Whoosh! |
We just could not believe our luck. |
Focus |
1984 |
neighbors, disappointment |
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280 |
Auction |
The house offers its private |
Fiction: The Magazine for Storytelling |
1974 |
money, belongings |
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Snake in the Strawberries 60. |
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281 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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282 |
No More Chores |
The old farmer nurses rheumatic joints |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
farming, memory |
The New Renaissance 3 (1979) 45. |
Snake in the Strawberries 98. |
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283 |
Nag, Nag, Nag All Day |
The buzzing sound in my ears |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1981 |
interruptions, work |
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284 |
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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285 |
Tornado |
The cornfield felt a need to write |
Etc. A Review of General Semantics |
1966 |
weather, order |
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286 |
Queer People |
Queer people eat soup |
Erebus Rising |
1971 |
compassion, nonconformity |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 41, Landmark and Other Poems 16. |
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287 |
Words of a Season |
Bundled in scarfs the kids ride their bikes |
Epoch |
1966 |
seasons, transitions |
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A Single Focus 15, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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288 |
Every Teacher Has One |
This morning I cleaned out |
English Journal |
1971 |
memory, secrecy |
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289 |
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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290 |
The Gardener |
When in the sun and armed with shears |
English Journal |
1971 |
gardening, fall |
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291 |
Seventh Grade |
The scrubbed question marks |
English Journal |
1971 |
children, school |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 43. |
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292 |
This Is the Way It Seems |
The first of the month the mail |
English Journal |
1982 |
money, routine |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 44. |
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293 |
Last Day at the Swimming Hole |
Two boys pick their way |
English Journal |
1974 |
summer, time |
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294 |
Undone by Frost |
While once again you must accept |
English Journal |
1971 |
flowers, time |
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295 |
The Gift for Love |
Underbrush, grasses, weeds, |
Eidolons |
1972 |
wilderness, order |
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296 |
The Cricket |
If the sparrows would stop |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
noise, happiness |
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297 |
The Reminder |
When the day finally ended I felt wet and cold |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
love, farming |
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298 |
Emerson's Page |
His Neighbors scratched |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
nature, wisdom |
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Limited View 28, Shaken by Leaf-fall 50, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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299 |
A Prejudiced Witness |
This morning my wife and I |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
birds, marriage |
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Dry Leaves, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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300 |
The Visitor |
In the heat of the afternoon |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
farming, ownership |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 62. |
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