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601 |
Elegy |
Listen, my friend, shuttered in |
Today |
1966 |
spring, isolation |
Annals of Iowa 42 (Spring 1974) 294, Late Harvest 76. |
A Single Focus 66, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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602 |
Conservative |
The wilderness sleeps in seed and furrow |
Today |
1966 |
farming, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 67, Landmark and Other Poems 49. |
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603 |
Invocation |
Come, you farmers, let us sing together |
American Prefaces |
1936 |
farming, religion |
American Prefaces 6 (Autumn 1940) 42. |
Man and His Field 34, Snake in the Strawberries 22. |
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604 |
Meeting a Pheasant Hunter in Our Grove |
The bush’s shape has been bent by the wind |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
wind, nature |
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605 |
The Movers |
The east wind whips the skirts of the snow |
American Prefaces |
1937 |
travelers, faith |
Rural Roads to Security. (1940) 94-5, Out of the Midwest. (1944) 400, America is West. Ed. John T. Flanagan. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota (1945) 307, Poetry Pilot (Jan. 1962) 9. |
Country Men (1937) vi, (1938) 26, (1943) 32, Man and His Field 21, Landmark and Other Poems 45, The Good Earth 52. |
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606 |
After Chores |
Close down, Night |
American Prefaces |
1935 |
chores, sleep |
American Prefaces 5 (June 1940) 169. |
Country Men (1937) xxxvii, (1938) 58, (1943) 66, Man and His Field 48, Snake in the Strawberries 26 |
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607 |
Quarrel |
In the angry silence |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
marriage, anger |
America 27 (Nov. 1965) 671. |
The Sun at Noon 13, Man and His Field 56. |
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608 |
Winter Shower |
This morning's miracle shakes my faith |
American Prefaces |
1937 |
winter, perceptions |
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The Sun at Noon 16, Man and His Field 49. |
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609 |
Boundary Lines |
The dog has a squirrel up a tree. |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
fear, animals |
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The Sun at Noon 19, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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610 |
Cows Bawl on Sunday |
The Image of God |
American Prefaces |
1936 |
devotion, religion |
North American Review (1974) 23. |
Country Men (1937) xii, (1938) 32, (1943) 40, Man and His Field 22, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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611 |
When a Neighbor Dies |
Safe from loneliness, safe from storm, |
American Prefaces |
1936 |
death, nature |
Cedar Falls (Iowa) Record 26 June (1937) 37, Midland Schools 77 (Mar. 1963) 13. |
Country Men (1937) xv, (1938) 34, (1943) 42, Man and His Field 29, Landmark and Other Poems 15. |
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612 |
Voices |
The restless sea is calling, and I would be away |
Good Housekeeping |
1924 |
longing, restriction |
All the Silver Pennies. Ed. Blanche Jennings Thompson. New York: MacMillan (1967) 128. |
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613 |
Landmark |
The road wound back among the hills of mind |
Poetry |
1962 |
memory, impermanence |
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. 364, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 17. |
Limited View 6, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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614 |
Frost |
Though nothing came that could be heard |
Poetry |
1930 |
fall, death |
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Country Men (1937) iv, (1938) 20, (1943) 30, Man and His Field 43, Landmark and Other Poems 32. |
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615 |
The Sun at Noon |
No country leads so softly to nowhere |
Poetry |
1940 |
mortality, appreciation |
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The Sun at Noon 9, Man and His Field 20. |
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616 |
Burn the Cocoons |
The sun waits in the sky for me |
Poetry |
1944 |
farming, planting |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 81. |
Man and His Field 47, Landmark and Other Poems 41. |
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617 |
The Oracle |
The oracle whose customer I am |
Poetry |
1951 |
uncertainty, foretelling |
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Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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618 |
After the Son Died |
The trees follow two sides of a square |
Poetry |
1940 |
death, impermanence |
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The Sun at Noon 29, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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619 |
Morning Song |
I often think of night as a wave lifting me into the morning |
Poetry |
1940 |
morning, love |
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Man and His Field 54, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
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620 |
False Warning |
The meadow has lost its features and the grove |
Poetry |
1940 |
wilderness, winter |
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A Single Focus 21. |
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621 |
Limited View |
The clutter and ruck of the stubble publish the time |
Poetry |
1962 |
farming, work |
"Tales of the Prairies" The Rotarian (Apr. 1963) 70, Heartland: Poets of the Midwest. 76, North American Review (1974), 27. |
Limited View 1, Snake in the Strawberries 32. |
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622 |
The Fence Row |
A ripple of ground still show the line where |
Poetry |
1942 |
division, memory |
Mid-Country. Ed. Lowry C. Wimberly. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (1945) 467. |
The Sun at Noon 38, Man and His Field 50, Snake in the Strawberries 20. |
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623 |
The Same in This As Other Lands |
He bows his head against the wind |
Poetry |
1940 |
farming, work |
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The Sun at Noon 31, Man and His Field 23, Landmark and Other Poems 58. |
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624 |
Hen Pheasant |
Dusk fills the grove and seeps |
Poetry |
1965 |
farming, birds |
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A Single Focus 23. |
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625 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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