Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title Sort ascending | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| A Small Matter | "The farmer knows he's no match" | Northeast 3.11 (Summer 1981) 4. |
| A Show of Compassion | "The man at her table frowned" | A Country Man. Cumberland, IA: Pterodactyl Press. 1993. 26. |
| A Shabby Day | "Out of doors, office-bound," | Black and White 1 (1979) 19. |
| A Secret to Live By | "In the attic of my mind" | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 10. |
| A Return to Facts | "You check out the office" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| A Prejudiced Witness | "This morning my wife and I" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| A Place to Sit | "Come in, come in, Neighbor, please come in" | New Frontiers 10 (1965) 25. |
| A Misery Bleeds | "A misery bleeds inside of me" | Snake in the Strawberries. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 1979. 52. |
| A Matter of Fact | "All through the summer I failed to wring truth out of words," | Hawk and Whippoorwill 2 (Spring 1961) 8. |
| A Jog to Memory | "The odor of wild honey" | Sunday Clothes (Spring 1975) 24. |
| 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. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 15. |
| A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit | "He got the message!" | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 23. |
| A Green Voice | "Whatever cold tones" | Midwest Quarterly (April 1969) 274. |
| A Field You Cannot Own | "You thought there was a For Sale sign" | Wormwood Review 12 (Oct 1972) 42. |
| A Few Good Licks | "So you said I would be the" | The Davidson Miscellany 17.1 (Spring 1981) 30. |
| A Disowner | "Not my world today" | Event: Journal of Contemporary Art 7 (1978) 62. |
| A Curious Critter | "Man is both good and kind" | Aspen Times (27 April 1972). |
| A Chance Meeting | "A chance day opened a door" | Motive (1965). |
| A Believer | "A dirty carpet of March snow" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 252. |
| A Balance Sheet | "From my father's family I inherit" | Poet and Critic 13.2 (1982) 7. |
| [There's music in my heart] | "There’s music in my heart," | Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 35-6. |
| [There was an old cock] | "There was an old cock" | Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 34. |
| [The committee debated] | "The committee debated" | Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 23. |
| [Thank goodness it doesn't bug you often] | "Thank goodness it doesn’t bug you often," | Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 33. |
| [On the road to the farm] | "On the road to the farm" | Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst. Final Thursday Press, 2017. 29. |