301 |
Nag, Nag, Nag All Day |
The buzzing sound in my ears |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1981 |
interruptions, work |
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302 |
Names for an Obstacle |
This iceberg of granite |
Poem |
1969 |
rootedness, perseverance |
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303 |
Need for a Quick Step |
I noticed the cow in heat |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
animals, danger |
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304 |
Need for Grass |
Yes, there it was, |
Limited View |
1962 |
death, mourning |
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Limited View 23. |
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305 |
Need For Magic |
After a lonely night and an empty day |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
loss, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 11. |
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306 |
Need of Solid Ground |
He hadn't offended God nor failed His Word |
Limited View |
1962 |
work, perseverance |
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Limited View 18. |
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307 |
Neighborhood in the Suburbs |
Take our garbage cans, a man may be known |
Miscellany |
1976 |
secrecy, community |
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Proved by Trial 10. |
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308 |
Never Too Late |
He grunted, jammed |
North American Review |
1984 |
aging, gardening |
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A Country Man 28. |
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309 |
News of Your Coming |
broke open the day like a flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
love, anticipation |
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310 |
No Advice Today, Thank You |
Why, the presumptuous bastard |
Kansas Quarterly |
1982 |
religion, relationships |
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311 |
No Answer |
The sun rose up with a fuzzy eye, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, morning |
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312 |
No Argument |
My gosh, she said, you two |
A Country Man |
1993 |
satisfaction, pride |
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A Country Man 43. |
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313 |
No Leaves? No Apples? |
No fruit bends the orchard trees |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
fall, perseverance |
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Man and His Field 59. |
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314 |
No More Chores |
The old farmer nurses rheumatic joints |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
farming, memory |
The New Renaissance 3 (1979) 45. |
Snake in the Strawberries 98. |
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315 |
No News is Good News |
Having read the same names in the paper |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
community, significance |
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316 |
No Nightingales, No Nymphs |
The imperatives of spring |
Poetry |
1979 |
spring, work |
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317 |
No Symbols |
The barn's warm breath |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birth, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 12. |
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318 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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319 |
Not a Birthday but a Deathday Party |
The indigent days beg me |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
mortality, wishes |
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320 |
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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321 |
Not Floods but Emptiness |
This morning I stepped outdoors |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1969 |
language, nature |
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322 |
Not for Sale |
You thought a dollar sign imaged |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
love, money |
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323 |
Not Really a Quarrel |
Granted we slept well and |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
argument, marriage |
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324 |
Not the Day to Listen |
This nifty gent with a spry tongue |
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1986 |
death, work |
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A Country Man 40. |
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325 |
Not the Last Goodbye |
Hat askew, coat open, |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
love, worry |
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