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501 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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502 |
Late Spring |
I tried to sow the oats and grass this year |
Furioso |
1951 |
farming, drought |
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Man and His Field 66, Landmark and Other Poems 53. |
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503 |
Song |
In now time beg the sun hold still |
Poet Lore |
1977 |
time, impermanence |
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504 |
Dulled Appetite |
Your letter today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
friendship, impermanence |
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A Country Man 50. |
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505 |
Surprise [2] |
Some friends of ours decided to |
Christian Science Monitor |
1977 |
farming, unexpected |
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506 |
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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507 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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508 |
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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509 |
Until The Storm Passes |
The wheel-rounded wind races |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
winter, relationships |
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Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
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510 |
Potencies |
Earth, sun-plowed, rain-swept, trembles |
Commonweal |
1966 |
farming, diligence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 27, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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511 |
Order in the Grove |
The small grove has been let go, |
South Dakota Review |
1971 |
order, animals |
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512 |
A Home of Her Own |
I left the evening chores and went to the door and spoke |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, neighbors |
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Planting Red Geraniums 15 |
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513 |
Sense of Order |
On the farm we had no tunnels |
A Country Man |
1993 |
understanding, purpose |
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A Country Man 53. |
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514 |
Not Floods but Emptiness |
This morning I stepped outdoors |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1969 |
language, nature |
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515 |
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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516 |
Love is Not Earned |
A display of my skills |
Northeast |
1981 |
love, skill |
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517 |
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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518 |
The Red Flower |
The day sagged under heavy wind |
Limited View |
1962 |
love, renewal |
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Limited View 26. |
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519 |
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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520 |
Take This Guy |
Now take this guy next door, |
The New Renaissance |
1976 |
argument, jealousy |
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521 |
[There was an old cock] |
There was an old cock |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, animals |
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Planting Red Geraniums 34 |
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522 |
Summer Rain |
I stayed in the field though the rain was |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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Country Men (1937) xxxii, (1938) 54, (1943) 61. |
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523 |
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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524 |
Double Talk |
The exercises we schedule |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
duality, survival |
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525 |
Close the Accounts |
The putting away time shows up |
Commonweal |
1965 |
farming, fall |
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A Single Focus 19, Snake in the Strawberries 44, Landmark and Other Poems 37. |
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