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451 |
The Hunter |
You cannot kill the white-tailed deer |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
hunting, persistence |
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A Single Focus 69, Snake in the Strawberries 43. |
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452 |
Accident |
The iron teeth of the harrow |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
birds, destruction |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 48, Snake in the Strawberries 24. |
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453 |
Need For Magic |
After a lonely night and an empty day |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
loss, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 11. |
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454 |
Wither Away, Friend |
An ill-matched pair |
Grain |
1982 |
marriage, argument |
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455 |
Names for an Obstacle |
This iceberg of granite |
Poem |
1969 |
rootedness, perseverance |
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456 |
Women Shearing Men |
The wind whistles a bawdy tune, |
Canadian Forum |
1979 |
control, animals |
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Snake in the Strawberries 97. |
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457 |
Thought of Bluebells |
Along the banks |
Wascana Review |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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Snake in the Strawberries 53. |
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458 |
For God's Sake |
Why don't you clean up your place, |
Penny Poems From Midwestern University |
1965 |
garden, decay |
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Proved by Trial 19, Landmark and Other Poems 21. |
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459 |
Discovery |
The wind swept the yard, wrinkled the pond, |
Catholic Rural life |
1963 |
nature, weather |
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460 |
Stranger |
Following his father's footsteps |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
retirement, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 26, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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461 |
Never Too Late |
He grunted, jammed |
North American Review |
1984 |
aging, gardening |
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A Country Man 28. |
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462 |
Warm-Eyed Memory |
While I wait for my next student |
Sou'wester Literary Quarterly |
1968 |
birds, memory |
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463 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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464 |
The Farmstead |
The farmstead lies in the angle |
Apple |
1970 |
farming, home |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 22. |
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465 |
Cock Pheasant |
The pool of morning lay cool |
Crazy Horse |
1972 |
birds, color |
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Snake in the Strawberries 54. |
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466 |
[On the road to the farm] |
On the road to the farm |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
winter, creation |
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Planting Red Geraniums 29 |
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467 |
Spring Fever |
Sun touched I sit on a |
Cottonwood Review |
1968 |
spring, anticipation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 27, Snake in the Strawberries 72. |
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468 |
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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469 |
Dulled Appetite |
Your letter today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
friendship, impermanence |
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A Country Man 50. |
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470 |
Home Work |
Today is cleaning day in the pens |
The Ghent Quarterly |
1975 |
work, animals |
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471 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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472 |
Home |
The house sags like it’s grieving, paint |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
misfortune, rootedness |
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473 |
The Search |
Here on the hillside is a square of ground |
Wallace's Farmer |
1940 |
farming, neighbors |
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A Single Focus 37, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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474 |
Weeds of Anger |
A man who plowed America's future |
Poem |
1969 |
farming, defiance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 47. |
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475 |
Now I Have Taken to the Fields |
Now I have taken to the fields |
Country Men |
1937 |
hope, land |
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Country Men (1937) xix, (1938) 40, (1943) 47, Man and His Field 54, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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