351 |
Spring Rites |
We celebrate the rites of spring |
New York Times |
1971 |
planting, ritual |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 49. |
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352 |
Vacation Cottage |
Dandelion clumps flourish |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
order, repression |
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353 |
The Morning Paper |
The morning paper told |
Catalyst |
1971 |
war, death |
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354 |
Out of Season |
Half of the elms along the street looked dead, |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
decay, wistfulness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 53. |
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355 |
Stunted Root |
A season without rain, he saw the stalks |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
sex, drought |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 63. |
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356 |
Seventh Grade |
The scrubbed question marks |
English Journal |
1971 |
children, school |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 43. |
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357 |
Queer People |
Queer people eat soup |
Erebus Rising |
1971 |
compassion, nonconformity |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 41, Landmark and Other Poems 16. |
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358 |
Bitter Taste |
I ate the sour grapes and tried |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
anger, nature |
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359 |
Every Teacher Has One |
This morning I cleaned out |
English Journal |
1971 |
memory, secrecy |
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360 |
Poverty |
The field of clover sowed last fall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
weather, farming |
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361 |
The Hard Sell |
The spangles in his talk glitter |
The Denver Post Roundup |
1971 |
deception, money |
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362 |
The Gardener |
When in the sun and armed with shears |
English Journal |
1971 |
gardening, fall |
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363 |
Order in the Grove |
The small grove has been let go, |
South Dakota Review |
1971 |
order, animals |
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364 |
The Problem Comes |
With the new schedule |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
retirement, aging |
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365 |
Alien |
The winter trees replied |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
winter, solitude |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 44. |
Proved by Trial 18, Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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366 |
Come On, Let's Go |
Wake up, dope head, wake up, |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
farming, spring |
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367 |
The Day of the Hawk |
I went to the city |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
loneliness, nature |
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368 |
The Face of Things |
The creek retreats from flood rage |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
spring, planting |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 46, Landmark and Other Poems 27 (as "Sap's Rise"). |
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369 |
Don't Ask the Professor |
Don't bring anymore naked questions |
The Back Door |
1970 |
aging, frustration |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 19. |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 59, Snake in the Strawberries 72, The Good Earth 62. |
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370 |
Vacations |
What do people do for vacations |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
cities, travel |
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371 |
Between Neighbors |
A raw nerve jumped in our |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
argument, neighbors |
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372 |
Frustrations |
Thoughts run like mice |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
memory, animals |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 17, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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373 |
To a Loquacious Friend |
Either you bleat like a moth-eaten |
Iowa State Liquor Store |
1970 |
language, nature |
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374 |
The Smile |
You smiled and waved as you drove |
Ladies Home Journal |
1970 |
observation, expression |
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375 |
Day's Facts |
There came a morning when |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
technology, breakdown |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 37. |
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