551 |
Waiting |
Waiting is not patience |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
frustration, fishing |
|
Dry Leaves. |
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552 |
Modern Design |
How can you clean up the place |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
order, gardening |
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|
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553 |
The Wasted Corner |
She was a higglety, pigglety hen |
Wormwood Review |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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A Single Focus 27, Landmark and Other Poems 14. |
|
554 |
Winter Solstice |
This is the final day |
Country Men |
1938 |
love, winter |
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Country Men (1938) 57. |
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555 |
[There was an old cock] |
There was an old cock |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, animals |
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Planting Red Geraniums 34 |
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556 |
The Grail |
The snow falls like flakes of light- |
Poetry |
1935 |
faith, religion |
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Country Men (1937) x, (1938) 30, (1943) 39, Man and His Field 42, Landmark and Other Poems 58. |
|
557 |
Abandoned Orchard |
These weathered trees |
Poetry Now |
1984 |
decay, perseverance |
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|
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558 |
View by View |
Poplars mark the limit of the yard |
New York Times |
1969 |
love, secrecy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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559 |
Do People Care for People? |
Appetites in the barnyard bawled |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
compassion, civilization |
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|
|
560 |
Undone by Frost |
While once again you must accept |
English Journal |
1971 |
flowers, time |
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|
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561 |
The Balance |
I bathed in the tender welter |
New Frontiers |
1964 |
seasons, nature |
|
A Single Focus 46. |
|
562 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
|
|
|
563 |
The Experiment |
You came and found me when the stars were blowing |
Midland |
1926 |
fire |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 43, (1943) 50, Man and His Field 35. |
|
564 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
|
Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
|
565 |
Best Not to Hope for Miracles |
He had heard that water |
A Country Man |
1993 |
mortality, illness |
|
A Country Man 41. |
|
566 |
Flight and Return |
The locked house next door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
neighbors, racism |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
|
567 |
Cerebral Palsy |
Each morning the wild, random |
The Windless Orchard |
1980 |
illness, perseverance |
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|
|
568 |
Between Neighbors |
A raw nerve jumped in our |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
argument, neighbors |
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|
|
569 |
Come On, Let's Go |
Wake up, dope head, wake up, |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
farming, spring |
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|
|
570 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
|
571 |
One Thing Leads to Another |
A flock of geese and a basket |
A Country Man |
1993 |
birds, shame |
|
A Country Man 14. |
|
572 |
Gift for All |
The miracles of creation |
Skylark |
1981 |
animals |
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|
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573 |
Tired of Earth |
Wind bites dust from the furrows |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1962 |
farming, death |
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Limited View 14, Late Harvest 72. |
|
574 |
Each to Its Own Purpose |
They said, don't use words |
Yankee Magazine |
1975 |
poetry, language |
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Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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575 |
What's Time to a Hog? |
Today a man asked me |
Nebraska Review |
1982 |
time, mortality |
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