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301 |
Walls |
My terrace wall dropped |
Yankee Magazine |
1982 |
ownership, division |
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302 |
Book of the Mind |
Chilled and seared by the weather |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
introspection, thoughts |
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Planting Red Geraniums 22 |
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303 |
Not to Be Overlooked |
We had a bull calf born premature, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
surprise, validation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 7. |
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304 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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305 |
Alive and Well |
Don't fill the kitchen pot |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
winter, perseverance |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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306 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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307 |
Hardened Arteries |
When the office screwed a few bucks |
Poetry Now |
1975 |
selfishness, guilt |
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Proved by Trial 14. |
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308 |
Come Back, Come Back |
You emptied the house |
Windless Orchard II |
1972 |
loss, loneliness |
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309 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
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Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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310 |
Between Neighbors |
A raw nerve jumped in our |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
argument, neighbors |
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311 |
His Daily Pack |
Come here and let me tell you about this man |
Limited View |
1962 |
order, work |
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Limited View 15, Landmark and Other Poems 41. |
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312 |
Hope Goes Whoosh! |
We just could not believe our luck. |
Focus |
1984 |
neighbors, disappointment |
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313 |
The Other Land |
The strength and persuasion of the long slow turning |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
seasons, divinity |
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The Sun at Noon 22. |
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314 |
Come On, Let's Go |
Wake up, dope head, wake up, |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
farming, spring |
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315 |
No Nightingales, No Nymphs |
The imperatives of spring |
Poetry |
1979 |
spring, work |
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316 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
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317 |
Frustrations |
Thoughts run like mice |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
memory, animals |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 17, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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318 |
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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319 |
Wren in the Vervain |
Sprung from the sacred verbena family |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, birds |
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A Single Focus 14, Landmark and Other Poems 47. |
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320 |
What's Time to a Hog? |
Today a man asked me |
Nebraska Review |
1982 |
time, mortality |
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321 |
That Kind of a Day |
A kitten plays with a mouse, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
nature, loss |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 24, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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322 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
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323 |
Need of Solid Ground |
He hadn't offended God nor failed His Word |
Limited View |
1962 |
work, perseverance |
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Limited View 18. |
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324 |
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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325 |
A Place to Sit |
Come in, come in, Neighbor, please come in |
New Frontiers |
1965 |
hardship, resentment |
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A Single Focus 31, Landmark and Other Poems 12. |
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