|
626 |
The Road |
It opened the way |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
time, change |
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627 |
Retired |
He sulks in his garden, |
Hika |
1966 |
Depression, retirement |
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628 |
Time's Flail |
A scraggly corner, maimed by brush and weeds |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, tools |
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A Single Focus 34. |
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629 |
The Tide |
Today is our anniversary |
Pendragon |
1984 |
aging, marriage |
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630 |
Love |
Love hungers, a cruel eye |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
desire, hunting |
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Limited View 21, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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631 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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632 |
Landscape—Iowa |
No one who lives here |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
land, people |
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Snake in the Strawberries 67, The Good Earth 63., Selected Poems 10 |
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633 |
Con Man |
The gifts I buy and offer you, my dear, |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, expectations |
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634 |
The Smile |
You smiled and waved as you drove |
Ladies Home Journal |
1970 |
observation, expression |
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635 |
Cold's Verdict |
Anger wraps me in a mantle of yellow |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
neighbors, winter |
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A Single Focus 49, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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636 |
Fourth of July |
Early in the morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
patriotism, disappointment |
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637 |
The Return |
Shot from cannon-barrelled wind the sleet |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
memory, technology |
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Man and His Field 32, Landmark and Other Poems 51 (as "The Magic Lantern"). |
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638 |
Robin In The Straw |
A robin scratches right and left |
Midland |
1932 |
reflection, birds |
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Country Men (1937) xxvii, (1938) 49, (1943) 56. |
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639 |
Stepchild of Nature |
Open morning's door and listen |
NRTA Journal |
1980 |
nature, alienation |
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640 |
Let's Go Inside |
The furrowed field sleeps |
Sou'wester Literary Quarterly |
1968 |
fall, relaxation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 64. |
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641 |
Stormbound |
Whipped by the blizzard I fled |
New York Times |
1970 |
birds, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 20. |
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642 |
Conservative |
The wilderness sleeps in seed and furrow |
Today |
1966 |
farming, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 67, Landmark and Other Poems 49. |
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643 |
This Is How They Do It |
"I own this farm," Henry Jensen |
A Country Man |
1993 |
law, understanding |
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A Country Man 24, The Good Earth 64. |
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644 |
The Harvesters |
Bright was the stubble, the sun that day |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, work |
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Man and His Field 63. |
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645 |
A Secret to Live By |
In the attic of my mind |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
memory, revelation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
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646 |
The Short Run and the Long Pull |
Our fields lay side by side, |
Nebraska Review |
1981 |
farming, fertilizer |
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647 |
An Occasion |
In the late afternoon, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
fall, love |
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Dry Leaves, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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648 |
Ape in My Heart |
Lust stinks in my nostrils |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
shame, lust |
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Planting Red Geraniums 21 |
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649 |
Song |
In now time beg the sun hold still |
Poet Lore |
1977 |
time, impermanence |
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650 |
Chill Comfort |
The sun rose, burned off the mist, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
breakfast, loneliness |
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Proved by Trial 17. |
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