151 |
I Set My Chair |
I set my chair on the driveway |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
meditation, interruptions |
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Proved by Trial 25, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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152 |
Spring West of Town |
A man who lives inside my head |
Kernels |
1939 |
busyness, waiting |
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153 |
First Signs |
Today the wind trudged in from the south |
Instructor |
1960 |
spring, weather |
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Limited View 34, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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154 |
No Nightingales, No Nymphs |
The imperatives of spring |
Poetry |
1979 |
spring, work |
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155 |
The Same in This As Other Lands |
He bows his head against the wind |
Poetry |
1940 |
farming, work |
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The Sun at Noon 31, Man and His Field 23, Landmark and Other Poems 58. |
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156 |
Dulled Appetite |
Your letter today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
friendship, impermanence |
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A Country Man 50. |
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157 |
What's Time to a Hog? |
Today a man asked me |
Nebraska Review |
1982 |
time, mortality |
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158 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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159 |
In Doubt |
Perhaps the fields are doubtful too in spring |
Midwest Quarterly |
1965 |
farming, winter |
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A Single Focus 24, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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160 |
Mad Dog |
Like a great yellow dog, the sun |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) viii, (1938) 22, (1943) 36, Man and His Field 60, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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161 |
Sense of Order |
On the farm we had no tunnels |
A Country Man |
1993 |
understanding, purpose |
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A Country Man 53. |
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162 |
Names for an Obstacle |
This iceberg of granite |
Poem |
1969 |
rootedness, perseverance |
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163 |
Moment Toward Spring |
This is the day when on the hills of noon |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
spring, transition |
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Limited View 13, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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164 |
Love is Not Earned |
A display of my skills |
Northeast |
1981 |
love, skill |
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165 |
Buried Seeds |
The buried seeds drink up the snow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
nature, spring |
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A Single Focus 43. |
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166 |
Discovery |
The wind swept the yard, wrinkled the pond, |
Catholic Rural life |
1963 |
nature, weather |
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167 |
Queer People |
Queer people eat soup |
Erebus Rising |
1971 |
compassion, nonconformity |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 41, Landmark and Other Poems 16. |
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168 |
The Warning Cry |
The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads |
Country Men |
1937 |
spring, renewal |
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169 |
End of a Landmark |
Power from a copper wire |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
destruction, disappointment |
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170 |
Spring Weather |
Just when the grass |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, marriage |
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Planting Red Geraniums 31 |
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171 |
Warm-Eyed Memory |
While I wait for my next student |
Sou'wester Literary Quarterly |
1968 |
birds, memory |
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172 |
A Balance Sheet |
From my father's family I inherit |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
family, habit |
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173 |
The Change |
The same plowed field and |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
fall, hunting |
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A Single Focus 59. |
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174 |
Cock Pheasant |
The pool of morning lay cool |
Crazy Horse |
1972 |
birds, color |
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Snake in the Strawberries 54. |
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175 |
Same Thing but Different |
The paperboy slammed the screen door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
community, routine |
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Snake in the Strawberries 81. |
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