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76 |
Where We Live |
We stole time to walk together |
A Country Man |
1993 |
nature, relationships |
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A Country Man 57. |
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77 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
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78 |
Two Men |
The stiff man scrubs his hands, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
duality, conformity |
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79 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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80 |
The Well |
By accident one day I found a well, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
water, restoration |
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Limited View 40. |
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81 |
One Way For An Answer |
No way, just no way, |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
mountains, revelation |
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Proved by Trial 21, Landmark and Other Poems 28. |
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82 |
Fear of Renewal |
Snow rotted at the sun's touch, |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1968 |
seasons, loneliness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 57. |
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83 |
Homesickness |
Marie Summers took a course in Commercial |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
cities, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 28, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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84 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
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85 |
Bluejay and I |
The bluejay perches on the |
Spectrum, the Richmond Tri-Annual Review |
1969 |
birds, work |
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86 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
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Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
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87 |
The Gardener |
When in the sun and armed with shears |
English Journal |
1971 |
gardening, fall |
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88 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
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89 |
Wilderness Ways |
The rabbit knows why the hawk is there |
Commonweal |
1965 |
wilderness, animals |
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A Single Focus 20, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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90 |
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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91 |
There Are Those Who Say This |
I lit the bonfire, |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
fire, destruction |
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92 |
The Strongest Magic |
Anger pens me in a sty |
Trace |
1968 |
anger, love |
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93 |
Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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94 |
Weltschmerz |
Saturday, late November sunshine |
Iowa State Liquor Store |
1971 |
Depression, November |
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95 |
The Chipmunk and I |
The chipmunk sits upright |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1969 |
animals, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 48. |
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96 |
Fact |
I knew a man once who gave up the ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
life, suicide |
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Man and His Field 39, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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97 |
[Thank goodness it doesn't bug you often] |
Thank goodness it doesn’t bug you often, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
purpose, routine |
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Planting Red Geraniums 33. |
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98 |
First Snow |
The road and yard are full of dust |
Midland |
1926 |
change, reflection |
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Country Men (1937) xxi, (1938) 42, (1943) 49, Man and His Field 50, Landmark and Other Poems 36. |
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99 |
The Hurt of Pleasure |
Once a week she comes to share |
A Country Man |
1986 |
gardening, friendship |
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A Country Man 42. |
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100 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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