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401 |
Love's Ways |
Almost as if you hungered to be free |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
love, desire |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
A Single Focus 57, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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402 |
Love's Survival |
The blind fingertips of longing |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
summer, love |
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A Single Focus 51. |
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403 |
Love's Apostate |
I shoulder my bag, slink through |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
forgiveness, resentment |
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A Single Focus 54. |
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404 |
Love Song |
Deep in the woods I wake |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
nature, love |
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405 |
Love is Not Earned |
A display of my skills |
Northeast |
1981 |
love, skill |
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406 |
Love in Autumn |
Do you remember the meadow |
America |
1965 |
love, fall |
Scatter the Petals. (1969) |
A Single Focus 63, Snake in the Strawberries 36. |
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407 |
Love |
Love hungers, a cruel eye |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
desire, hunting |
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Limited View 21, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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408 |
Lost |
I hear a child crying |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
lost, fear |
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409 |
Logician |
Pete Everson was called four-eyed Pete |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
infidelity, strategy |
North American Review (1974) 37. |
The Sun at Noon 27, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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410 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
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411 |
Live with Love |
Early in the morning |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, perseverance |
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Planting Red Geraniums 28 |
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412 |
Little Bull |
The...poor...little...bull |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
animals, persistence |
North American Review (1974) 28. Out of This World: Poems from the Hawkeye State. (1975) 30. |
A Single Focus 49, Landmark and Other Poems 56. |
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413 |
Listen |
Clock in the bell tower |
Periphery |
1974 |
poetry, meaning |
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414 |
Line Between Seasons |
The rollicking whinny of the wind |
Quartet |
1966 |
nature, winter |
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A Single Focus 25, Snake in the Strawberries 41. |
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415 |
Limited View |
The clutter and ruck of the stubble publish the time |
Poetry |
1962 |
farming, work |
"Tales of the Prairies" The Rotarian (Apr. 1963) 70, Heartland: Poets of the Midwest. 76, North American Review (1974), 27. |
Limited View 1, Snake in the Strawberries 32. |
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416 |
Liberated by Generosity |
Today was a turning point |
America |
1981 |
frugality, generosity |
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417 |
Let's Not Fool Ourselves |
While you wait, time digs at you |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II: Essays and Poems |
1972 |
longing, time |
Prairie Schooner 44 (Spring 1979) 42. |
Proved by Trial 21. |
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418 |
Let's Go Inside |
The furrowed field sleeps |
Sou'wester Literary Quarterly |
1968 |
fall, relaxation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 64. |
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419 |
Let It Shine |
The guy who hides his light |
Wormwood Review |
1982 |
confidence, religion |
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420 |
Let it Come Down |
Glad that at last the litter and waster of winter, |
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421 |
Leaves Like Tears |
You say the leaves fall |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
grief, winter |
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422 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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423 |
Late Spring |
I tried to sow the oats and grass this year |
Furioso |
1951 |
farming, drought |
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Man and His Field 66, Landmark and Other Poems 53. |
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424 |
Late Meadowlark |
We know the meaning when we read the signs |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
birds, fall |
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Limited View 11, Snake in the Strawberries 34. |
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425 |
Late For The News |
Last week you said |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
Depression, routine |
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Landmark and Other Poems |
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