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326 |
The Rescue |
She piled harsh weeds under the wheel, |
America |
1968 |
fear, cooperation |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 48. |
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327 |
Scatter the Petals |
She sleeps as if the mouth of buds, |
American Friend |
1958 |
death, mourning |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
Limited View 25, Snake in the Strawberries 34. |
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328 |
The Wasted Corner |
She was a higglety, pigglety hen |
Wormwood Review |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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A Single Focus 27, Landmark and Other Poems 14. |
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329 |
The Maid who Served an Ogre |
She washed the dishes, cleaned the sink, |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
desire, danger |
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330 |
The Dainty Lily Bell |
She’s liberated, you know, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, gender |
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Planting Red Geraniums 24 |
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331 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
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332 |
The Return |
Shot from cannon-barrelled wind the sleet |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
memory, technology |
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Man and His Field 32, Landmark and Other Poems 51 (as "The Magic Lantern"). |
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333 |
Unearned Gift |
Shut the door |
America |
1964 |
love, joy |
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A Single Focus 61, Landmark and Other Poems 17. |
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334 |
After Snowfall |
Sky smooth as a country |
New Jersey Poetry Journal |
1982 |
winter, farming |
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335 |
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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336 |
The Promise Seems True |
Snow wastes away, icicles rot, |
Antigonish Review |
1971 |
farming, ownership |
New River Review 2 (1977) 60. |
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337 |
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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338 |
Three Sides to a Farm |
So now he wants to buy my farm, he's got |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, generations |
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A Single Focus 29, Snake in the Strawberries 38. |
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339 |
A Few Good Licks |
So you said I would be the |
The Davidson Miscellany |
1981 |
marriage, aging |
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340 |
Surprise [2] |
Some friends of ours decided to |
Christian Science Monitor |
1977 |
farming, unexpected |
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341 |
Judgement by Spring Rain |
Some snarl faced poet |
Yankee Magazine |
1973 |
seasons, aging |
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Proved by Trial 7, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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342 |
Something is Given |
Something is given |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, farming |
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343 |
At Least Once a Problem Solved |
Sometimes I feel like a shadow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
birth, accomplishment |
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344 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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345 |
Wren in the Vervain |
Sprung from the sacred verbena family |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, birds |
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A Single Focus 14, Landmark and Other Poems 47. |
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346 |
Sad, the Way It Is |
Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies, |
Green Magazine |
1975 |
time, impermanence |
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347 |
Karma |
Still, cries of hunting shake the grove |
DePaul Literary Magazine |
1965 |
hunting, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 26, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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348 |
Cry Shame |
Stones outlast weather, |
America |
1969 |
war, farming |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II 42. |
Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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349 |
Resolution |
Strokes took off the big tree's top |
after Ward Bib. |
1982 |
work |
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350 |
Dogma |
Sucked and bitten I shake |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1969 |
animals, independence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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