301 |
How Many Shadows Has a Man |
The dog looked into the water |
Country Men |
1943 |
experience, knowledge |
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302 |
What Time Is It Anyway? |
You can't win 'em all, |
Focus |
1984 |
work, alienation |
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303 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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304 |
Last Day at the Swimming Hole |
Two boys pick their way |
English Journal |
1974 |
summer, time |
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305 |
Until The Storm Passes |
The wheel-rounded wind races |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
winter, relationships |
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Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
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306 |
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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307 |
It Happened |
A rumpled bed, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1974 |
Depression, friendship |
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308 |
Mind-Boggled |
His mind bent with the weight |
A Country Man |
1993 |
religion, uncertainty |
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A Country Man 39. |
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309 |
Moving Day |
I have moved from one house |
A Country Man |
1993 |
moving, change |
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A Country Man 38. |
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310 |
Keep the Storm Outside |
Rain patters on my roof |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
weather, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 33, Landmark and Other Poems 34. |
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311 |
Anyone Can See |
Anyone with half wit can see |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
farming, gift |
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312 |
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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313 |
Come Back, Come Back |
You emptied the house |
Windless Orchard II |
1972 |
loss, loneliness |
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314 |
The Sage and the Stones |
His Neighbors farmed |
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1962 |
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315 |
Spring West of Town |
A man who lives inside my head |
Kernels |
1939 |
busyness, waiting |
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316 |
Where We Live |
We stole time to walk together |
A Country Man |
1993 |
nature, relationships |
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A Country Man 57. |
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317 |
Emerson's Page |
His Neighbors scratched |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
nature, wisdom |
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Limited View 28, Shaken by Leaf-fall 50, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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318 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
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319 |
Close Call |
It was anger's shadow dimmed the room |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
anger, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 16. |
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320 |
Glorify Our Passage |
It waits on the hill |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, mourning |
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Planting Red Geraniums 27 |
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321 |
Point of View |
After a dark day low with clouds, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
sunset, perspective |
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Man and His Field 43. |
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322 |
The Professor Enrolls |
I decided to major in leisure |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1978 |
relaxation, education |
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323 |
Wonder of Hummingbirds |
Glass cells of red syrup hang |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
birds, amazement |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 68, Landmark and Other Poems 24 (variant). |
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324 |
To Shape Our Decisions |
The question is |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
choice, obligation |
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325 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
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