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401 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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402 |
Goodbye, Mrs. O'Flynn |
I am not carrying on with Mrs. O'Flynn |
A Country Man |
1993 |
gossip, sex |
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A Country Man 55. |
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403 |
Resort to Calm |
No protest, just the door's soft sigh, |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
relaxation, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 50. |
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404 |
The Wall |
A door builds a strange wall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1976 |
perspective, home |
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Proved by Trial 16. |
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405 |
Stepchild of Nature |
Open morning's door and listen |
NRTA Journal |
1980 |
nature, alienation |
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406 |
For A Neighbor Woman |
Early this morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, gardening |
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Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 10. |
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407 |
Bluejay and I |
The bluejay perches on the |
Spectrum, the Richmond Tri-Annual Review |
1969 |
birds, work |
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408 |
Tornado |
The cornfield felt a need to write |
Etc. A Review of General Semantics |
1966 |
weather, order |
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409 |
Wealth of News |
A mile of main road and |
A Country Man |
1993 |
childhood, animals |
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A Country Man 45. |
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410 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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411 |
The Oldest Season |
The eye's doors blown open |
America |
1968 |
winter, defamiliarization |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 19. |
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412 |
Shy Breeder |
The heifer is in heat but |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
animals, sex |
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413 |
The Debtor |
These leaden days when the sky is overcast |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
farming, debt |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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414 |
Wilderness Token |
Wild grapes tied their vines |
New Mexico Quarterly |
1964 |
nature, appreciation |
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A Single Focus 16. |
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415 |
Detention |
The wilted flowers |
View Magazine |
1974 |
school, conflict |
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416 |
The Molehill |
The molehill became a mountain |
Journal of Arts and Letters |
1967 |
argument, marriage |
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417 |
Enjoy Your Release |
You better grow the |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, happiness |
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Planting Red Geraniums 26 |
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418 |
Not Really a Quarrel |
Granted we slept well and |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
argument, marriage |
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419 |
A Stray |
Neighbors, neighbors, help me find |
Limited View |
1962 |
animals, loss |
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Limited View 16. |
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420 |
Before Frost |
Now summer's golden bell is mute |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
seasons, harvest |
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A Single Focus 35, Snake in the Strawberries 40. |
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421 |
Words that Smell Bad |
Neighbor, your "friendly" note arrived |
New River Review |
1977 |
neighbors, argument |
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Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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422 |
Cloud over the Sun |
It's a surprise to find you |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1972 |
humility, friendship |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 43. |
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423 |
Lost |
I hear a child crying |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
lost, fear |
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424 |
Not for Sale |
You thought a dollar sign imaged |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
love, money |
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425 |
Storm Bound |
Whipped by the blizzard I fled |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
winter, birds |
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