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626 |
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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627 |
Clover Swaths |
My eyes are cloudy with death. |
Poetry |
1932 |
youth, death |
College Eye, Iowa State Teachers College 12 July (1935) 2, Contemporary Iowa Poets Muscatine: The Prairie Press (1935) 2, Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 79, Late Harvest 71. |
Country Men (1937) xvi, (1938) 37, (1943) 44, Man and His Field 70, Snake in the Strawberries 15. |
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628 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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629 |
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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630 |
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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631 |
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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632 |
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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633 |
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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634 |
Hog Economy |
The little pig stuck his nose in the trough |
America |
1965 |
animals, greed |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 23, Landmark and Other Poems 55. |
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635 |
Liberated by Generosity |
Today was a turning point |
America |
1981 |
frugality, generosity |
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636 |
The Unprotected |
The sun at noon |
America |
1959 |
farming, responsibility |
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Limited View 35, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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637 |
Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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638 |
See How the Wind |
See how the wind repeats itself |
America |
1960 |
winter, perseverance |
Late Harvest 74. |
Limited View 9. |
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639 |
High Winds and Low Pressures |
The sun backs through a cloud, |
America |
1975 |
breakfast, weather |
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640 |
Wren Logic |
The stump braces its roots |
America |
1969 |
birds, persistence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 58, Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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641 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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642 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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643 |
Unearned Gift |
Shut the door |
America |
1964 |
love, joy |
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A Single Focus 61, Landmark and Other Poems 17. |
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644 |
Love in Autumn |
Do you remember the meadow |
America |
1965 |
love, fall |
Scatter the Petals. (1969) |
A Single Focus 63, Snake in the Strawberries 36. |
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645 |
Time to Go In |
You poke the fire in the fireplace, |
America |
1983 |
night, meaning |
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646 |
Cry Shame |
Stones outlast weather, |
America |
1969 |
war, farming |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 42. |
Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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647 |
We Ought to Burst into Bloom |
This morning my wife bought me |
America |
1981 |
spring, appreciation |
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648 |
The Rescue |
She piled harsh weeds under the wheel, |
America |
1968 |
fear, cooperation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 48. |
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649 |
The Oldest Season |
The eye's doors blown open |
America |
1968 |
winter, defamiliarization |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 19. |
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650 |
Winter Mood |
Warm in mackinaw and boots I read |
America |
1966 |
winter, poetry |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 21, Snake in the Strawberries 76., Shaken by Leaf-Fall 21, Snake in the Strawberries 76. |
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