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351 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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352 |
The Painter |
Our local painter always seemed afraid |
Wanderer |
1924 |
death, prudence |
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353 |
Sharers |
You grieved so for a rosebush |
Ladies Home Journal |
1971 |
flowers, loss |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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354 |
Bitter Taste |
I ate the sour grapes and tried |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
anger, nature |
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355 |
Important Question |
I didn't come here |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
thoughts, neighbors |
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Landmark and Other Poems 19. |
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356 |
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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357 |
Anyone Can See |
Anyone with half wit can see |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
farming, gift |
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358 |
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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359 |
Shake in Vain |
Shake in vain the orchard trees |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
trees, longing |
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Planting Red Geraniums 17 |
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360 |
The Supplicant |
I try, when I awake, on a bright Sunday morning |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
rest, Sunday |
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361 |
The Problem |
The problem is to see the problem |
Prairie Schooner |
1974 |
perceptions, appearance |
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Landmark and Other Poems 18. |
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362 |
A Small Victory |
Cold, the snow squeaked underfoot, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
revenge, animals |
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363 |
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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364 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
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365 |
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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366 |
[There's music in my heart] |
There’s music in my heart, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, nature |
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Planting Red Geraniums 35-6 |
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367 |
Plea for Persistence |
Wait and begin again, |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1975 |
persistence, knowledge |
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368 |
Love |
Love hungers, a cruel eye |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
desire, hunting |
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Limited View 21, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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369 |
Vacations |
What do people do for vacations |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
cities, travel |
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370 |
Landscape—Iowa |
No one who lives here |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
land, people |
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Snake in the Strawberries 67, The Good Earth 63., Selected Poems 10 |
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371 |
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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372 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
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373 |
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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374 |
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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375 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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