Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title Sort ascending | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Out of Season | "Half of the elms along the street looked dead," | Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry (Summer 1971). |
| Out of Bounds | "Black asphalt abides between unbroken curbs of cement," | Wormwood Review 6 (1966) 28. |
| Our Country | "The lady in the harbor" | View Magazine (January 1978) 14. |
| Order in the Grove | "The small grove has been let go," | South Dakota Review 9 (August 1971) 81. |
| Only Flowers Seem Not to Die | "On our May Day anniversary" | Poetry Now 6.6 Issue 36 (1982) 11. |
| One Way For An Answer | "No way, just no way," | Proved by Trial. Juniper Press: La Crosse, WI. 1977. 16. |
| One Thing Leads to Another | "A flock of geese and a basket" | A Country Man. Cumberland, IA: Pterodactyl Press. 1993. 14. |
| One Is Never Sure | "The decision faced me with questions" | A Country Man. Cumberland, IA: Pterodactyl Press. 1993. 33. |
| Once Glimpsed | "Once I thought I saw it" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 11. |
| On Vacation | "Your five days of driving" | The Complete Poems of James Hearst. Ed. Scott Cawelti. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001. 501. |
| On Relief | "Our glances met as glances meet" | Common Sense (Feb. 1939) 26. |
| On Guard | "The sun protects my back" | Tinderbox (Nov. 1978) 18. |
| Off Limits | "He burned the grass" | Poetry Now 4 (Summer 1979) 11. |
| Of Course It Matters | "My neighbor stopped by this morning" | The Complete Poems of James Hearst. Ed. Scott Cawelti. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001. 501. |
| Now I Hear This | "Your Honor, she cried, I need help." | |
| Now I Have Taken to the Fields | "Now I have taken to the fields" | Country Men (1937) xix. |
| Now Hear This | "Your Honor, she cried, I need help." | Poetry Now 6.6 Issue 36 (1982) 11. |
| November | "The sun dripped honey-colored days" | Ladies Home Journal (Nov. 1965) 68. |
| Not to Give In | ""I wouldn't take a horse" | A Country Man. Cumberland, IA: Pterodactyl Press. 1993. 48. |
| Not to Be Overlooked | "We had a bull calf born premature," | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 7. |
| Not the Last Goodbye | "Hat askew, coat open," | Poet and Critic 13.2 (1982) 4. |
| Not the Day to Listen | "This nifty gent with a spry tongue" | |
| Not Really a Quarrel | "Granted we slept well and" | Poet and Critic 13.2 (1982) 5. |
| Not for Sale | "You thought a dollar sign imaged" | The Complete Poems of James Hearst. Ed. Scott Cawelti. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001. 500. |
| Not Floods but Emptiness | "This morning I stepped outdoors" | Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts 12 (Summer 1969) 322. |