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26 |
Strange Things Happen |
I found a ball in the yard |
Yankee Magazine |
1984 |
memory, games |
North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 27. |
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27 |
Stolid Farmer to His Son |
Choose your wife for straight legs and an honest tongue. |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
wisdom, knowledge |
North American Review (1974) 28. |
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28 |
Spring On The Farm |
The mixed emotions which I hold this spring |
Canadian Poetry Magazine |
1957 |
animals, spring |
The MacDonald Farm Journal 20.3 (March 1959) 19, Wallace's Farmer (16 March 1963) 50. |
Limited View 30, Landmark and Other Poems 52. |
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29 |
Sounds around a Man |
It's late, late in the year |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
sound, identity |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 45. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 38, Snake in the Strawberries 57. |
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30 |
Snake in the Strawberries |
This lovely girl dressed in lambswool thoughts |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
disaster, innocence |
University of Kansas Review 11 (Autumn 1944) 45, Midwest 7 (Spring 1964) vi, Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 77, Interpreting Literature. 4th Ed. K. L. Knickerbocker and H. W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. 268, Interpreting Li |
Man and His Field 64, Shaken by Leaf-fall 72, Snake in the Strawberries 57, The Good Earth 54. |
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31 |
See How the Wind |
See how the wind repeats itself |
America |
1960 |
winter, perseverance |
Late Harvest 74. |
Limited View 9. |
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32 |
Reflection |
I think I shall decide to stay |
Bookman |
1927 |
farming, nature |
Des Moines Sunday Register 13 Jan (1929) 8g, Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Poets New York: Avon House (1938), North American Review (1974) 26. |
Country Men (1937) xvii, (1938) 38, (1943) 45, Man and His Field 32, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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33 |
Quarrel |
In the angry silence |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
marriage, anger |
America 27 (Nov. 1965) 671. |
The Sun at Noon 13, Man and His Field 56. |
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34 |
Plea for Single Focus |
You saw double today when you said you saw the wind |
Colorado Quarterly |
1965 |
nature, farming |
Interpreting Literature. 4th ed. K.L. Knickerbocker and H.W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1969. 364, North American Review (1974) 21. |
A Single Focus 53, Snake in the Strawberries 40. |
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35 |
Ownership |
Old neighbors of my people |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1964 |
farming, mortality |
Harper's Bazaar (December 1968) 180. |
A Single Focus 73, Landmark and Other Poems 43. |
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36 |
No More Chores |
The old farmer nurses rheumatic joints |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
farming, memory |
The New Renaissance 3 (1979) 45. |
Snake in the Strawberries 98. |
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37 |
Mother |
The photograph fades, turns yellow, |
South Dakota Review |
1976 |
family, memory |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 16. |
Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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38 |
The New Calf |
In the basement by the furnace lies |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
animals, innocence |
North American Review (1974) 29. |
A Single Focus 70, Snake in the Strawberries 44. |
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39 |
Men Give More Than Promises |
You'd let me walk barefoot on |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
revenge, masculinity |
North American Review (1974) 29. |
A Single Focus 47, Snake in the Strawberries 35. |
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40 |
Many Hens Do Not Make Light Work |
The drake has too many hens |
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disinterest, birds |
North American Review (1974) 36. |
Limited View 31, Snake in the Strawberries 28. |
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41 |
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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42 |
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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43 |
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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44 |
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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45 |
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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46 |
Landmark |
The road wound back among the hills of mind |
Poetry |
1962 |
memory, impermanence |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest. 77, Interpreting Literature. 4th ed. K.L. Knickerbocker and H.W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1969. 364, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 17. |
Limited View 6, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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47 |
Invocation |
Come, you farmers, let us sing together |
American Prefaces |
1936 |
farming, religion |
American Prefaces 6 (Autumn 1940) 42. |
Man and His Field 34, Snake in the Strawberries 22. |
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48 |
Inquiry |
Now catch your breath and hear the softly rounded |
Poetry |
1935 |
promise, resurrection |
America Is West Ed. John T. Flanagan. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota (1945) 309. |
Country Men (1937) ix, (1938) 28, (1943) 38, Landmark and Other Poems 45. |
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49 |
In April |
This I saw on an April day: |
Midland |
1926 |
spring, renewal |
The Republican Journal (3 April 2014) <http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/poets-corner-april/1143336>. |
Country Men (1937) iii, (1938) 19, (1943) 29, Man and His Field 38, Snake in the Strawberries 16. |
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50 |
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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