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451 |
A Small Matter |
The farmer knows he's no match |
Northeast |
1981 |
weather, satisfaction |
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452 |
Metamorphosis |
I starved for the honey you |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
nature, insects |
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A Single Focus 17. |
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453 |
That Kind of a Day |
A kitten plays with a mouse, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
nature, loss |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 24, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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454 |
Our Country |
The lady in the harbor |
View Magazine |
1978 |
promise, disillusionment |
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455 |
Time to Act |
At last the revelation, a brisk wind peels |
Kansas City Magazine |
1959 |
spring, anticipation |
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456 |
Glorify Our Passage |
It waits on the hill |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, mourning |
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Planting Red Geraniums 27 |
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457 |
Not the Last Goodbye |
Hat askew, coat open, |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
love, worry |
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458 |
Need of Solid Ground |
He hadn't offended God nor failed His Word |
Limited View |
1962 |
work, perseverance |
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Limited View 18. |
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459 |
Once Glimpsed |
Once I thought I saw it |
Poem |
1969 |
longing, uncertainty |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 44. |
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460 |
Winter Field |
Whether or not the man who turned |
Purple Pen |
1937 |
death, winter |
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Country Men (1937) xviii, (1938) 39, (1943) 46, Man and His Field 68, Snake in the Strawberries 15. |
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461 |
The Happy Farmer |
This farm where I live |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
farming, poverty |
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462 |
Of Course It Matters |
My neighbor stopped by this morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, money |
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463 |
Short Cut |
A short cut, so we said, a different road, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
roaming, countryside |
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464 |
The Shelled Pea News |
To shell peas on a hot |
Commonweal |
1983 |
work, amazement |
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465 |
The Orchard Man |
Grandfather came from a town meeting country, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
family, perseverance |
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Man and His Field 25. |
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466 |
Claim of Two Countries |
My native land finds its map |
New Frontiers |
1964 |
nature, farming |
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A Single Focus 52, Landmark and Other Poems 18. |
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467 |
Love Song |
Deep in the woods I wake |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
nature, love |
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468 |
The Blame |
It is difficult to explain |
Kansas Quarterly |
1970 |
affair, regret |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 62, Snake in the Strawberries 71. |
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469 |
The Body Of One |
Glad that at last the litter and waste of winter, |
Midland |
1931 |
spring, rain |
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Country Men (1937) xxviii, (1938) 50, (1943) 57. Landmark and Other Poems 37 (as "Let It Come Down") |
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470 |
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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471 |
Morning Walk |
The first thing after breakfast |
Aspen Times |
1967 |
community, morning |
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472 |
What Matters |
It rose high enough |
North American Review |
1984 |
order, farming |
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A Country Man 31. |
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473 |
Construction |
The hammer voices went on an on |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
labor, winter |
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Man and His Field 62. |
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474 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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475 |
Portrait of an Old Horse |
I wonder what shaggy thoughts |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
aging, animals |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 61. |
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