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451 |
I Set My Chair |
I set my chair on the driveway |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
meditation, interruptions |
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Proved by Trial 25, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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452 |
How Many Shadows Has a Man |
The dog looked into the water |
Country Men |
1943 |
experience, knowledge |
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453 |
How Good is Good Enough |
He must have read whatever signs |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
homelessness, distinctions |
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454 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
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455 |
Hostility to Order |
Today the sun's eye |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
entropy, order |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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456 |
Hope Goes Whoosh! |
We just could not believe our luck. |
Focus |
1984 |
neighbors, disappointment |
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457 |
Homesickness |
Marie Summers took a course in Commercial |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
cities, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 28, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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458 |
Homecoming |
So let's knock off for the day, I said, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, home |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 39. |
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459 |
Home Work |
Today is cleaning day in the pens |
The Ghent Quarterly |
1975 |
work, animals |
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460 |
Home Place |
This is the way it was: |
The Congregationalist |
1965 |
snowstorm, winter |
Harper's Bazaar (Jan. 1969) 96. |
A Single Focus 39. |
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461 |
Home |
The house sags like it’s grieving, paint |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
misfortune, rootedness |
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462 |
Hog Economy |
The little pig stuck his nose in the trough |
America |
1965 |
animals, greed |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 23, Landmark and Other Poems 55. |
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463 |
His Daily Pack |
Come here and let me tell you about this man |
Limited View |
1962 |
order, work |
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Limited View 15, Landmark and Other Poems 41. |
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464 |
High Winds and Low Pressures |
The sun backs through a cloud, |
America |
1975 |
breakfast, weather |
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465 |
Here and There |
It's true the days are longer, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
spring, despair |
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Snake in the Strawberries 47. |
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466 |
Hen Pheasant |
Dusk fills the grove and seeps |
Poetry |
1965 |
farming, birds |
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A Single Focus 23. |
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467 |
Harvest Claim |
The clover field in bloom seemed innocent |
Kansas City Star |
1957 |
seasons, harvest |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 60, Snake in the Strawberries 67. |
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468 |
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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469 |
Hard Words |
Hard words married to |
Southwest Review |
1969 |
argument, marriage |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 41. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 42, Landmark and Other Poems 21. |
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470 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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471 |
Hang On to the Grab Bar |
Caught in the revolving door |
Kansas Quarterly |
1979 |
longing, civilization |
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472 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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473 |
Growing Up |
It is time to leave the grove, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
work, maturity |
Great Lakes Review 4 (Summer 1977) 61. |
Snake in the Strawberries 77. |
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474 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
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Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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475 |
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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