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Title First Line Original Publication Date Themes Republicationsort descending Hearst Collections
601 Scatter the Petals She sleeps as if the mouth of buds, American Friend 1958 death, mourning Scatter the Petals (1969). Limited View 25, Snake in the Strawberries 34.
602 Love's Ways Almost as if you hungered to be free A Single Focus 1967 love, desire Scatter the Petals (1969). A Single Focus 57, Landmark and Other Poems 20.
603 Belief My neighbor and I have stood in the sun Midland 1927 friendship, life Literary Digest 12 Nov. (1927) 34, Des Moines Sunday Register 13 Jan. (1929) 8g, College Eye Iowa State Teachers College 12 July (1935) 2. Country Men (1937) ii, (1938) 18, (1943) 28, Man and His Field 27.
604 Between Snow and Stars The sun trips and falls headlong down the sky The Sun at Noon 1943 animals, farming Late Harvest 75. The Sun at Noon 20, Man and His Field 44, Landmark and Other Poems 42.
605 Birthplace This is the heart of the farm where I was born, Limited View 1962 memory, home Snake in the Strawberries 30. Limited View 42, The Good Earth 58.
606 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.
607 Change toward Certainty The afternoon closed it until it seemed Limited View 1962 love, nature Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 79, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 21. Limited View 20, Shaken by Leaf-Fall 25, Snake in the Strawberries 32.
608 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.
609 Country Men The pussy willows show again Midland 1931 farming, spring Des Moines Register (May 1931) Sec. 10: 5, American Prefaces. (1937) 164, Hinterland (1937) 26, Out of the Midwest. (1944) 301, Rural Lutheran (March 1950), North American Review (1974) 23. Country Men (1937) i, (1938) 32, (1943) 40, Man and His Field 22, Snake in the Strawberries 14.
610 The Old Dog The old dog waits patiently for death The Sun at Noon 1943 death North American Review (1974) 23. The Sun at Noon 17, Landmark and Other Poems 47.
611 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.
612 Cry Shame Stones outlast weather, America 1969 war, farming Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 42. Snake in the Strawberries 55.
613 Destruction The barn stood for shelter The Denver Quarterly 1969 fire, destruction Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 40. Shaken by Leaf-Fall 61, Snake in the Strawberries 56.
614 Don't Ask the Professor Don't bring anymore naked questions The Back Door 1970 aging, frustration The Iowan (Spring 1979) 19. Shaken by Leaf-Fall 59, Snake in the Strawberries 72, The Good Earth 62.
615 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.
616 Fall Plowing The claim the stubble had no longer defends Poetry 1934 fall, death College Eye, Iowa State Teachers College 12 July (1935) 2 col. 3, Contemporary Iowa Poets Muscatine: The Prairie Press (1935) 27, Late Harvest 73. Country Men (1937) xiv, (1938) 36, (1943) 43, Man and His Field 30, Snake in the Strawberries 13.
617 Farmhand A mule with fork and shovel breeds no honey Prairie Schooner 1960 work, resentment Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 77. Limited View 5.
618 Flowers Would Be Better My wife calls me to see her garden. A Country Man 1993 gardening, gender North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 28. A Country Man 34.
619 Fog Waves of the sea's ghost Man and His Field 1951 weather, defamiliarization North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 26. Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 36.
620 Forsythia You said, take a few dry Poetry 1965 flowers, surprise North American Review (1974) 31, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 20. A Single Focus 13, Snake in the Strawberries 36, The Good Earth 61.
621 Free Man Hans Karen and debt were old friends until 1932 The Sun at Noon 1943 debt, money North American Review (1974) 31. The Sun at Noon 25, Landmark and other Poems 16.
622 Marred This headache of a morning Sparrow Magazine 1965 morning, birds North American Review (1974) 31. A Single Focus 38, Landmark and Other Poems 19.
623 Games Are Never Free The city park still draws children Iowa Arts Council Newsletter 1968 children, memory Iowa State Arts Council Biennium Report, 1968-1970, 3. Snake in the Strawberries 46.
624 Growing Up It is time to leave the grove, Chowder Review 1977 work, maturity Great Lakes Review 4 (Summer 1977) 61. Snake in the Strawberries 77.
625 Hard Words Hard words married to Southwest Review 1969 argument, marriage Voyages to the Inland Sea II 41. Shaken by Leaf-Fall 42, Landmark and Other Poems 21.

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