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226 |
A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit |
He got the message! |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
independence, aging |
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227 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
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228 |
Day of the Cornfield |
The day of the cornfield all right, |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
farming, observation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 59. |
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229 |
Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
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230 |
My Father's Care |
The binder glittered in the sun, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
farming, aging |
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Limited View 32, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
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231 |
No Advice Today, Thank You |
Why, the presumptuous bastard |
Kansas Quarterly |
1982 |
religion, relationships |
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232 |
The Reminder |
When the day finally ended I felt wet and cold |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
love, farming |
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233 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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234 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
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235 |
Saturday Morning |
This morning wrapped in my indolence |
The Smith |
1968 |
birds, guilt |
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236 |
The Shadow |
I have seen the butcher's shadow |
Chicago Jewish Forum |
1959 |
animals, slaughter |
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Limited View 4, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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237 |
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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238 |
Moments of Being Away |
Today I walked through the house |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
ownership, belonging |
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239 |
The Barn |
It was like a house but larger and not so tame, |
Instructor |
1959 |
farming, imagination |
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240 |
Day's Facts |
There came a morning when |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
technology, breakdown |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 37. |
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241 |
The Waster |
The stalks still stand erect and the tassels wave, |
Kansas City Magazine |
1961 |
animals, farming |
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Limited View 37, Landmark and Other Poems 54. |
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242 |
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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243 |
Today is Now |
It doesn't need headlines, |
Focus |
1984 |
aging, memory |
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244 |
Try, Try Again |
When I was young the girls were quick |
Monthly magazine for the Arts of Storytelling |
1972 |
aging, sex |
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245 |
Praise |
When I forced the fat land with seed |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, nature |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 55, Landmark and Other Poems 57 (as "Now I Am Free"). |
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246 |
A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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247 |
Need for a Quick Step |
I noticed the cow in heat |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
animals, danger |
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248 |
The Thief |
The fists of the summer sun |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
weather, seasons |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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249 |
The Land Owner |
She moved into the threadbare house |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, gardening |
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Planting Red Geraniums 16 |
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250 |
Man with a Shovel |
The man with a shovel on his shoulder |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
observation, work |
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A Country Man 59. |
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