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426 |
The Flower |
The afternoon bent over |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
love, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 15. |
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427 |
Father |
Nailheads broke off with the sound |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
family, kindness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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428 |
The Road |
It opened the way |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
time, change |
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429 |
Same Thing but Different |
The paperboy slammed the screen door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
community, routine |
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Snake in the Strawberries 81. |
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430 |
It Never Went Away |
In daytime the cellar seemed safe, |
New River Review |
1977 |
night, fear |
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Snake in the Strawberries 91. |
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431 |
Growing Up |
It is time to leave the grove, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
work, maturity |
Great Lakes Review 4 (Summer 1977) 61. |
Snake in the Strawberries 77. |
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432 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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433 |
Whatever Happened |
When I was young I discovered |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
reading, conformity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 82, The Good Earth 68. |
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434 |
Daydream |
Warmed to drowsiness by the |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
fall, memory |
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435 |
Song |
In now time beg the sun hold still |
Poet Lore |
1977 |
time, impermanence |
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436 |
The Enemy |
The girl who now switches |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
desire, hunting |
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Snake in the Strawberries 92. |
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437 |
Emeritus |
He cleans out the file and crams |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1977 |
retirement, time |
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438 |
Flight and Return |
The locked house next door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
neighbors, racism |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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439 |
One Way For An Answer |
No way, just no way, |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
mountains, revelation |
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Proved by Trial 21, Landmark and Other Poems 28. |
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440 |
Eighty Birthdays |
This cake, a snow-topped hill, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
aging, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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441 |
Shaped by Names |
You must exist somewhere |
Canadian Forum |
1977 |
language, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 95. |
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442 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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443 |
Hostility to Order |
Today the sun's eye |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
entropy, order |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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444 |
Alive and Well |
Don't fill the kitchen pot |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
winter, perseverance |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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445 |
Susanna and the Elders |
Let us put thought aside |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
innocence, secrecy |
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Proved by Trial 21, Snake in the Strawberries 83. |
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446 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
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447 |
End of the Game |
Two little boys dusty with pollen |
Lake Superior Review |
1977 |
childhood, play |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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448 |
I Set My Chair |
I set my chair on the driveway |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
meditation, interruptions |
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Proved by Trial 25, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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449 |
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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450 |
Surprise [2] |
Some friends of ours decided to |
Christian Science Monitor |
1977 |
farming, unexpected |
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