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251 |
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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252 |
Autumn Love |
When you stood smiling under a roof of leaves |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
love, fall |
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Limited View 27, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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253 |
There Are Those Who Say This |
I lit the bonfire, |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
fire, destruction |
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254 |
A Chance Meeting |
A chance day opened a door |
Motive |
1965 |
fall, conversation |
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255 |
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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256 |
Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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257 |
No Answer |
The sun rose up with a fuzzy eye, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, morning |
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258 |
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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259 |
Farm on a Summer Night |
From a clear sky at night the starlight |
Country Men |
1937 |
faith, religion |
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Country Men (1937) v, (1938) 21, (1943) 31. |
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260 |
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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261 |
Penance for Anger |
Many times you have fed me, my dear, |
Northwest Review |
1967 |
argument, forgiveness |
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262 |
The Quarrel |
The front steps seemed not |
American Press |
1965 |
argument, silence |
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A Single Focus 40, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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263 |
Weather Wise |
The wind might be telling a lie |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, seasons |
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Planting Red Geraniums 18 |
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264 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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265 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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266 |
Meeting a Pheasant Hunter in Our Grove |
The bush’s shape has been bent by the wind |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
wind, nature |
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267 |
Weed Solitude |
Machines worn out, embalmed in rust, |
Kansas City Magazine |
1960 |
machines, decay |
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Limited View 8, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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268 |
Keep the Storm Outside |
Rain patters on my roof |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
weather, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 33, Landmark and Other Poems 34. |
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269 |
No Argument |
My gosh, she said, you two |
A Country Man |
1993 |
satisfaction, pride |
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A Country Man 43. |
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270 |
Two Men |
The stiff man scrubs his hands, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
duality, conformity |
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271 |
Bound to Happen |
At the haybarn's peak where |
New England Review |
1981 |
aging, animals |
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272 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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273 |
The Sage and the Stones |
His Neighbors farmed |
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1962 |
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274 |
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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275 |
While Meadowlarks Sang |
It began with the first eggs |
A Country Man |
1993 |
lessons, work |
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A Country Man 30. |
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