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26 |
Still Heard but Faintly |
What chime struck from the iron air |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
winter, faith |
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27 |
Gift for All |
The miracles of creation |
Skylark |
1981 |
animals |
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28 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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29 |
A Winter Review |
The farm wraps itself for winter |
The Wormwood Review |
1972 |
winter, farming |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 11. |
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The Unprotected |
The sun at noon |
America |
1959 |
farming, responsibility |
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Limited View 35, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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31 |
On Relief |
Our glances met as glances meet |
Common Sense |
1939 |
Depression, poverty |
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The Sun at Noon 32, Landmark and Other Poems 8. |
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32 |
A Green Voice |
Whatever cold tones |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
renewal, holiday |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 54, Landmark and Other Poems 24. |
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33 |
Without Your Good Morning |
Perhaps I miss you more than I should, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, loss |
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A Country Man 49. |
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34 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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35 |
The Windmill |
Time I greased the windmill, |
Texas Review |
1981 |
childhood, recklessness |
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36 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
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Country Men (1938) 52. |
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37 |
Impudence |
Rowdy winter wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wind, winter |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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38 |
In Doubt |
Perhaps the fields are doubtful too in spring |
Midwest Quarterly |
1965 |
farming, winter |
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A Single Focus 24, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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39 |
Comfort in an Old Tune |
The fields echo an old tune |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
nature, peacefulness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 71, Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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40 |
Mad Dog |
Like a great yellow dog, the sun |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) viii, (1938) 22, (1943) 36, Man and His Field 60, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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41 |
Last Day at the Swimming Hole |
Two boys pick their way |
English Journal |
1974 |
summer, time |
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42 |
Taking the Bull to Water |
The herd bull leaves his stall |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
animals, danger |
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43 |
Book of the Mind |
Chilled and seared by the weather |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
introspection, thoughts |
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Planting Red Geraniums 22 |
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44 |
It Happened |
A rumpled bed, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1974 |
Depression, friendship |
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45 |
Shaped by Names |
You must exist somewhere |
Canadian Forum |
1977 |
language, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 95. |
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46 |
End of April |
A grey sky roofs the morning |
Yankee Magazine |
1968 |
weather, color |
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Snake in the Strawberries 47. |
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47 |
Progress |
Own all the land you can get |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, animals |
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A Single Focus 44, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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48 |
Crow's Impatience |
After the hay was made and the threshing done, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, birds |
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Man and His Field 37, Landmark and Other Poems 48. |
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Plowman |
This is plowing time and I am plowing |
Midland |
1927 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiv, (1938) 56, (1943) 63, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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50 |
An Account of Failures |
I woke this morning and felt |
West Branch |
1979 |
regret, perseverance |
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