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126 |
Fear of Renewal |
Snow rotted at the sun's touch, |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1968 |
seasons, loneliness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 57. |
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127 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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128 |
Arrogance of Things |
The growth of the cornfield today |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
death, materiality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
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129 |
Where Did They Go? |
Where did they go, the maple grove, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
time, memory |
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A Country Man 46. |
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130 |
Subscription to Salvation |
What do you know, |
Wormwood Review |
1981 |
religion, solicitation |
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131 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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132 |
Bluejay |
Into the calm of morning as stone breaks |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
birds, hunting |
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Proved by Trial 15. |
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133 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
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134 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
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Country Men (1938) 52. |
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135 |
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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136 |
Now I Hear This |
Your Honor, she cried, I need help. |
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1982 |
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137 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
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138 |
The Chipmunk and I |
The chipmunk sits upright |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1969 |
animals, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 48. |
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139 |
The Hard Sell |
The spangles in his talk glitter |
The Denver Post Roundup |
1971 |
deception, money |
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140 |
Live with Love |
Early in the morning |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, perseverance |
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Planting Red Geraniums 28 |
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141 |
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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142 |
Fact |
I knew a man once who gave up the ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
life, suicide |
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Man and His Field 39, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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143 |
News of Your Coming |
broke open the day like a flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
love, anticipation |
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144 |
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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145 |
So Much Change |
Remember how the book would not |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
love, loss |
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A Country Man 21. |
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146 |
Discord |
After the accident |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
sex, community |
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Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
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147 |
Virgin Prairie |
This old squaw of a prairie |
South Dakota Review |
1974 |
Indians, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 28, Snake in the Strawberries 68, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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148 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
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149 |
Sap's Rise |
The creek retreats from flood rage |
see "The Face of Things" |
1970 |
spring, renewal |
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Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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150 |
Poverty |
The field of clover sowed last fall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
weather, farming |
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