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A Balance Sheet |
From my father's family I inherit |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
family, habit |
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A Believer |
A dirty carpet of March snow |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
birth, animals |
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A Country Man 18. |
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A Chance Meeting |
A chance day opened a door |
Motive |
1965 |
fall, conversation |
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A Curious Critter |
Man is both good and kind |
Aspen Times |
1972 |
people, morality |
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A Disowner |
Not my world today |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
integrity, alienation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 99. |
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A Few Good Licks |
So you said I would be the |
The Davidson Miscellany |
1981 |
marriage, aging |
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A Field You Cannot Own |
You thought there was a For Sale sign |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, rejection |
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A Green Voice |
Whatever cold tones |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
renewal, holiday |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 54, Landmark and Other Poems 24. |
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A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit |
He got the message! |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
independence, aging |
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A Home of Her Own |
I left the evening chores and went to the door and spoke |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, neighbors |
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Planting Red Geraniums 15 |
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A Jog to Memory |
The odor of wild honey |
Sunday Clothes |
1975 |
innocence, happiness |
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A Matter of Fact |
All through the summer I failed to wring truth out of words, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1961 |
birds, truth |
Poet Lore 71 (Winter 1976-77) 128. |
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A Misery Bleeds |
A misery bleeds inside of me |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
Depression, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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A Place to Sit |
Come in, come in, Neighbor, please come in |
New Frontiers |
1965 |
hardship, resentment |
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A Single Focus 31, Landmark and Other Poems 12. |
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A Prejudiced Witness |
This morning my wife and I |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
birds, marriage |
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Dry Leaves, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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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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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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A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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A Small Matter |
The farmer knows he's no match |
Northeast |
1981 |
weather, satisfaction |
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A Small Victory |
Cold, the snow squeaked underfoot, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
revenge, animals |
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A Stray |
Neighbors, neighbors, help me find |
Limited View |
1962 |
animals, loss |
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Limited View 16. |
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A Testament |
The ant down there, dragging his leg, |
America |
1973 |
perseverance, insects |
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Snake in the Strawberries 58. |
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A Way by Water |
In the basement this morning |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
water, animals |
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A Way to Measure |
How stupid to try to measure |
Cottonwood Review |
1968 |
time, memory |
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