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276 |
Homecoming |
So let's knock off for the day, I said, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, home |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 39. |
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277 |
Spring Weather |
Just when the grass |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, marriage |
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Planting Red Geraniums 31 |
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278 |
Leaves Like Tears |
You say the leaves fall |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
grief, winter |
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279 |
The Malicious Spirit of Machines |
Right in our own house, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
machines, breakdown |
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280 |
Witnesses |
The orchard basks in |
South Dakota Review |
1982 |
fall, wilderness |
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281 |
The Well |
By accident one day I found a well, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
water, restoration |
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Limited View 40. |
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282 |
Fear of Renewal |
Snow rotted at the sun's touch, |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1968 |
seasons, loneliness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 57. |
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283 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
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284 |
There Must Be Somewhere to Go |
Wait for me, wait for me, |
North Country |
1977 |
uncertainty, leaving |
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285 |
An Older Language |
Riding up on a southwest wind |
Amanuensis |
1972 |
birds, spring |
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286 |
Reason to Get Up in the Morning |
All this chatter about |
Contact |
1984 |
routine, morning |
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287 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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288 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
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289 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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290 |
Born Again |
He woke up when she died, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
loss, death |
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291 |
A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit |
He got the message! |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
independence, aging |
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292 |
Expression of a Homeplace |
If I close one eye |
A Country Man |
1993 |
perceptions, birds |
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A Country Man 35. |
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293 |
The Chipmunk and I |
The chipmunk sits upright |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1969 |
animals, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 48. |
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294 |
Each to Its Own Purpose |
They said, don't use words |
Yankee Magazine |
1975 |
poetry, language |
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Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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295 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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296 |
Fact |
I knew a man once who gave up the ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
life, suicide |
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Man and His Field 39, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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297 |
Boundary Lines |
The dog has a squirrel up a tree. |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
fear, animals |
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The Sun at Noon 19, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
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298 |
Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
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299 |
The Reminder |
When the day finally ended I felt wet and cold |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
love, farming |
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300 |
A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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