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226 |
Crow's Impatience |
After the hay was made and the threshing done, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, birds |
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Man and His Field 37, Landmark and Other Poems 48. |
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227 |
Cold Snap |
The winter night in your face |
Kansas City Magazine |
1965 |
winter, music |
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A Single Focus 56. |
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228 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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229 |
Fear of Play for Keeps |
It's just for the program, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
children, relationships |
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A Country Man 27. |
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230 |
The Dainty Lily Bell |
She’s liberated, you know, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, gender |
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Planting Red Geraniums 24 |
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231 |
Auction |
The house offers its private |
Fiction: The Magazine for Storytelling |
1974 |
money, belongings |
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Snake in the Strawberries 60. |
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232 |
Something is Given |
Something is given |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, farming |
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233 |
Our Country |
The lady in the harbor |
View Magazine |
1978 |
promise, disillusionment |
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234 |
November |
The sun dripped honey-colored days |
Ladies Home Journal |
1965 |
fall, harvest |
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A Single Focus 71, Landmark and Other Poems 32. |
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235 |
Time to Act |
At last the revelation, a brisk wind peels |
Kansas City Magazine |
1959 |
spring, anticipation |
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236 |
Good Friday |
My neighbor plants potatoes on Good Friday |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
superstition, tradition |
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The Sun at Noon 11, Landmark and Other Poems 50. |
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237 |
Take the Best Offer |
Don't ask me which job to take, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, choice |
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A Country Man 36. |
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238 |
Nag, Nag, Nag All Day |
The buzzing sound in my ears |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1981 |
interruptions, work |
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239 |
The Shadow |
I have seen the butcher's shadow |
Chicago Jewish Forum |
1959 |
animals, slaughter |
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Limited View 4, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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240 |
Muskrats in the Cornfield |
Persuasion of rain and sun |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
farming, animals |
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Proved by Trial 22. |
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241 |
The Happy Farmer |
This farm where I live |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
farming, poverty |
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242 |
Day's Facts |
There came a morning when |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
technology, breakdown |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 37. |
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243 |
After the Son Died |
The trees follow two sides of a square |
Poetry |
1940 |
death, impermanence |
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The Sun at Noon 29, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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244 |
Of Course It Matters |
My neighbor stopped by this morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, money |
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245 |
Let It Shine |
The guy who hides his light |
Wormwood Review |
1982 |
confidence, religion |
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246 |
The Waster |
The stalks still stand erect and the tassels wave, |
Kansas City Magazine |
1961 |
animals, farming |
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Limited View 37, Landmark and Other Poems 54. |
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247 |
Eighty Birthdays |
This cake, a snow-topped hill, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
aging, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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248 |
Out of Season |
Half of the elms along the street looked dead, |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
decay, wistfulness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 53. |
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249 |
Praise |
When I forced the fat land with seed |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, nature |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 55, Landmark and Other Poems 57 (as "Now I Am Free"). |
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250 |
False Warning |
The meadow has lost its features and the grove |
Poetry |
1940 |
wilderness, winter |
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A Single Focus 21. |
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