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251 |
Too Many Defeats Dull the Spirit |
The worst was |
Poetry Now |
1975 |
farming, weather |
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Proved by Trial 12, Snake in the Strawberries 92. |
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252 |
Not Floods but Emptiness |
This morning I stepped outdoors |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1969 |
language, nature |
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253 |
Bound to Happen |
At the haybarn's peak where |
New England Review |
1981 |
aging, animals |
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254 |
Choosing |
The stolid farmer took his hoe |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
farming, choice |
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The Sun at Noon 18, Landmark and Other Poems 50, Man and His Field 33. |
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255 |
The Army |
The pavements of the mind |
Country Men |
1943 |
indoctrination, morality |
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Country Men (1943) 62, Man and His Field 37. |
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256 |
The Bird |
One day in the bleak month of March |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1961 |
birds, memory |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 66. |
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257 |
Enjoy Your Release |
You better grow the |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, happiness |
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Planting Red Geraniums 26 |
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258 |
Birth Pains |
I do not remember birth pains |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
morning, birth |
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259 |
Who Cares for History? |
They tore down the old Saylor house, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
memory, loss |
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A Country Man 15. |
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260 |
The Flower |
The afternoon bent over |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
love, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 15. |
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261 |
Summer Rain |
I stayed in the field though the rain was |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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Country Men (1937) xxxii, (1938) 54, (1943) 61. |
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262 |
Time to Cross Over |
A black man with his family |
Slackwater Review |
1981 |
attitudes, race |
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263 |
Spring Barnyard |
Pigeons circle the wet glossy mud |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, materiality |
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The Sun at Noon 37. |
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264 |
Farmer to His Son |
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265 |
Autumn Love |
When you stood smiling under a roof of leaves |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
love, fall |
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Limited View 27, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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266 |
Short Cut |
A short cut, so we said, a different road, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
roaming, countryside |
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267 |
Moment Like Love |
To see the shine, the glimmer of light, |
Meanjin Quarterly |
1970 |
love, time |
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268 |
Resolution |
Strokes took off the big tree's top |
after Ward Bib. |
1982 |
work |
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269 |
Common Ground |
Two neighbors lived across a road |
Kansas City Magazine |
1965 |
neighbors, farming |
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A Single Focus 28. |
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270 |
It Might Save Us |
What they had in common |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
neighbors, relationships |
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271 |
Ute Cemetery |
Gravestones lean every which way, |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
death, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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272 |
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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273 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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274 |
Within Limits |
One afternoon in early spring |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
cleaning, decay |
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A Country Man 20. |
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275 |
Echoes of Memory |
A birthday card from you today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
love, longing |
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A Country Man 23. |
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