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276 |
Instead of Honey |
Let's get to work, time may be short with us, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
labor, religion |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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277 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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278 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
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279 |
Anyone Can See |
Anyone with half wit can see |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
farming, gift |
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280 |
Born Again |
He woke up when she died, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
loss, death |
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281 |
No News is Good News |
Having read the same names in the paper |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
community, significance |
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282 |
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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283 |
Abandoned Orchard |
These weathered trees |
Poetry Now |
1984 |
decay, perseverance |
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284 |
Castrating the Pigs |
It always seemed to be a rainy day |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
animals, masculinity |
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285 |
Now Hear This |
Your Honor, she cried, I need help. |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
religion, marriage |
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286 |
Sign-Directed |
I was born under the sign |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
birth, superstition |
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287 |
Two Men |
The stiff man scrubs his hands, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
duality, conformity |
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288 |
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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289 |
Bluejay |
Into the calm of morning as stone breaks |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
birds, hunting |
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Proved by Trial 15. |
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290 |
How Good is Good Enough |
He must have read whatever signs |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
homelessness, distinctions |
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291 |
Crop Inspector |
The farmer opened the gate, |
Poetry Now |
1984 |
farming, perseverance |
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292 |
Escape Artist |
Well, well, so this is the way |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
argument, performance |
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293 |
Who? Who? |
Do you ever stop to wonder— |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
identity, reflection |
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Snake in the Strawberries 80. |
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294 |
Same Thing but Different |
The paperboy slammed the screen door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
community, routine |
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Snake in the Strawberries 81. |
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295 |
Whatever Happened |
When I was young I discovered |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
reading, conformity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 82, The Good Earth 68. |
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296 |
Flight and Return |
The locked house next door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
neighbors, racism |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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297 |
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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298 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
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299 |
The Way It Is |
Prepare the ground, I told her, |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
gardening, gender |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 18. |
Snake in the Strawberries 80. |
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300 |
Vacation in Colorado |
The street's hullabaloo tramps |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
wilderness, civilization |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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