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476 |
Order in the Grove |
The small grove has been let go, |
South Dakota Review |
1971 |
order, animals |
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477 |
Stream and Tree |
The stream's promise |
Wascana Review |
1975 |
nature, suicide |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 70. |
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478 |
Not Floods but Emptiness |
This morning I stepped outdoors |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1969 |
language, nature |
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479 |
Day After Day |
The baby cries in its crib |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
insecurity, despair |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 18, Snake in the Strawberries 75. |
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480 |
Words of a Season |
Bundled in scarfs the kids ride their bikes |
Epoch |
1966 |
seasons, transitions |
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A Single Focus 15, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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481 |
Sooner or Later |
My roots search for water |
Yankee Magazine |
1980 |
trouble, nature |
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482 |
The Oracle |
The oracle whose customer I am |
Poetry |
1951 |
uncertainty, foretelling |
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Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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483 |
Birth Pains |
I do not remember birth pains |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
morning, birth |
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484 |
Cleaning the Barn |
We put it off, not having to prove |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
work, farming |
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Landmark and Other Poems 40, Snake in the Strawberries 93. |
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485 |
Beauty |
I stayed in the field though the rain was beginning to fall |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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see variant note |
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486 |
There is a Line Drawn |
A buyer of discards |
A Country Man |
1993 |
farming, distinctions |
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A Country Man 51. |
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487 |
Time's Flail |
A scraggly corner, maimed by brush and weeds |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, tools |
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A Single Focus 34. |
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488 |
Responsibility of Being Young |
All I knew concerned my |
Barnwood |
1981 |
chores, death |
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489 |
Revelation |
Who ordained the flicker on my |
Christian Science Monitor |
1973 |
morning, birds |
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Snake in the Strawberries 59. |
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490 |
Day of the Cornfield |
The day of the cornfield all right, |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
farming, observation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 59. |
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491 |
My Father's Care |
The binder glittered in the sun, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
farming, aging |
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Limited View 32, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
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492 |
Moment Like Love |
To see the shine, the glimmer of light, |
Meanjin Quarterly |
1970 |
love, time |
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493 |
It Might Save Us |
What they had in common |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
neighbors, relationships |
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494 |
Love's Survival |
The blind fingertips of longing |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
summer, love |
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A Single Focus 51. |
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495 |
No Advice Today, Thank You |
Why, the presumptuous bastard |
Kansas Quarterly |
1982 |
religion, relationships |
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496 |
Robin In The Straw |
A robin scratches right and left |
Midland |
1932 |
reflection, birds |
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Country Men (1937) xxvii, (1938) 49, (1943) 56. |
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497 |
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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498 |
Survival [2] |
At the mercy of street |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
trees, perseverance |
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Planting Red Geraniums 32. |
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499 |
The Old Admonitions |
The friend that I had |
Prairie Schooner |
1958 |
loneliness, loss |
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Limited View 2, Snake in the Strawberries 30, The Good Earth 57. |
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500 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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