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426 |
Barns In November |
Along an empty road I watched the barns |
Poetry |
1935 |
winter, harvest |
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Country Men (1937) xxiv, (1938) 46, (1943) 54, Man and His Field 31, Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
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427 |
The Happy Farmer |
This farm where I live |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
farming, poverty |
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428 |
Of Course It Matters |
My neighbor stopped by this morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, money |
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429 |
Resolution |
Strokes took off the big tree's top |
after Ward Bib. |
1982 |
work |
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430 |
A Misery Bleeds |
A misery bleeds inside of me |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
Depression, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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431 |
Ute Cemetery |
Gravestones lean every which way, |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
death, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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432 |
Bowed Strength |
The winter sun had set |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
winter, resilience |
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A Single Focus 64. |
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433 |
It Could Be Worse, Maybe |
My god, such a night! |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
insomnia, morning |
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Landmark and Other Poems 9. |
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434 |
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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435 |
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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436 |
Morning Walk |
The first thing after breakfast |
Aspen Times |
1967 |
community, morning |
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437 |
Within Limits |
One afternoon in early spring |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
cleaning, decay |
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A Country Man 20. |
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438 |
Death of a Marriage |
They reached home, |
Black and White |
1979 |
divorce, silence |
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439 |
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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440 |
After Years Apart |
The town moved on its streets |
Quartet |
1968 |
community, alienation |
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441 |
University |
Morning light throws a wreath |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
university, summer |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 26, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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442 |
They Never Came |
Our town prepared for invasion |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
paranoia, community |
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443 |
Winter Reverie |
Winter grips the farm |
after Ward Bib. |
1986 |
winter, perseverance |
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A Country Man 37. |
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444 |
Banish Morning Fear |
When he woke at dawn, it was his habit to think |
Modern Maturity |
1980 |
aging, mortality |
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445 |
Close Call |
It was anger's shadow dimmed the room |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
anger, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 16. |
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446 |
Need for Grass |
Yes, there it was, |
Limited View |
1962 |
death, mourning |
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Limited View 23. |
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447 |
You Can't Plow Stone |
The plow point starts the furrow, |
Sunday Clothes |
1973 |
farming, defiance |
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448 |
The Face of Things |
The creek retreats from flood rage |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
spring, planting |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 46, Landmark and Other Poems 27 (as "Sap's Rise"). |
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449 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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450 |
Not to Give In |
"I wouldn't take a horse |
A Country Man |
1993 |
father, defiance |
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A Country Man 48. |
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