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276 |
The Comfort of a Friend |
We have wandered as we wished |
A Country Man |
1993 |
aging, friendship |
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A Country Man 47. |
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277 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
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278 |
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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279 |
A Chance Meeting |
A chance day opened a door |
Motive |
1965 |
fall, conversation |
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280 |
Ruffle the Pages |
An oak tree spread shade, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, family |
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A Country Man 52. |
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281 |
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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282 |
No Answer |
The sun rose up with a fuzzy eye, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, morning |
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283 |
Liberated by Generosity |
Today was a turning point |
America |
1981 |
frugality, generosity |
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284 |
Spring Fever |
Sun touched I sit on a |
Cottonwood Review |
1968 |
spring, anticipation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 27, Snake in the Strawberries 72. |
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285 |
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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286 |
Penance for Anger |
Many times you have fed me, my dear, |
Northwest Review |
1967 |
argument, forgiveness |
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287 |
Comfort in Small Things |
I saw them, a glanceful, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
birds, pleasure |
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288 |
Protest |
Now as imperceptibly |
Independent |
1926 |
time, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xxxviii, (1938) 61, (1943) 69, Man and His Field 71, Snake in the Strawberries 16. |
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289 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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290 |
Alms to the Giver |
The mail this morning made me |
The Davidson Miscellany |
1982 |
greed, deception |
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291 |
Weeds of Anger |
A man who plowed America's future |
Poem |
1969 |
farming, defiance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 47. |
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292 |
Who? Who? |
Do you ever stop to wonder— |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
identity, reflection |
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Snake in the Strawberries 80. |
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293 |
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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294 |
Now Hear This |
Your Honor, she cried, I need help. |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
religion, marriage |
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295 |
Spring Weather |
Just when the grass |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, marriage |
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Planting Red Geraniums 31 |
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296 |
At Least Once a Problem Solved |
Sometimes I feel like a shadow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
birth, accomplishment |
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297 |
The Weed Cutter |
Earth soaked by a thunderstorm |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
adolescence, farming |
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298 |
At Least on the Surface |
People who live in neighborhoods |
Miscellany |
1976 |
neighbors, appearances |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 65, Snake in the Strawberries 69. |
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299 |
End of the Game |
Two little boys dusty with pollen |
Lake Superior Review |
1977 |
childhood, play |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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300 |
Owner |
The morning sun surveys the time for me, |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
farming, ownership |
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