501 |
Retirement Blues |
Neither anger nor reproach will |
Poetry View |
1979 |
aging, life |
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502 |
No Symbols |
The barn's warm breath |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birth, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 12. |
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503 |
Death of a Marriage |
They reached home, |
Black and White |
1979 |
divorce, silence |
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504 |
A Misery Bleeds |
A misery bleeds inside of me |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
Depression, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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505 |
A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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506 |
Something Not Tamed in Us |
Early this winter morning |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birds, charity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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507 |
Women Shearing Men |
The wind whistles a bawdy tune, |
Canadian Forum |
1979 |
control, animals |
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Snake in the Strawberries 97. |
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508 |
Do People Care for People? |
Appetites in the barnyard bawled |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
compassion, civilization |
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509 |
Shove It, Brother, Shove It |
From bedroom to bathroom to |
North American Review |
1979 |
optimism, disability |
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510 |
Retirement Time Is the Time to Retire |
About twilight, swallows stitched |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
retirement, aging |
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Snake in the Strawberries 5. |
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511 |
Hang On to the Grab Bar |
Caught in the revolving door |
Kansas Quarterly |
1979 |
longing, civilization |
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512 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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513 |
To Build a Fence |
We stretch a barbed wire from corner post |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
fences, labor |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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514 |
Here and There |
It's true the days are longer, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
spring, despair |
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Snake in the Strawberries 47. |
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515 |
Hard Way to Learn |
A trickle of water from |
Poetry |
1979 |
farming, knowledge |
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516 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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517 |
Sooner or Later |
My roots search for water |
Yankee Magazine |
1980 |
trouble, nature |
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518 |
Stepchild of Nature |
Open morning's door and listen |
NRTA Journal |
1980 |
nature, alienation |
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519 |
Banish Morning Fear |
When he woke at dawn, it was his habit to think |
Modern Maturity |
1980 |
aging, mortality |
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520 |
There Are Still Some Mysteries |
My young neighbor attended an |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
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521 |
Castrating the Pigs |
It always seemed to be a rainy day |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
animals, masculinity |
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522 |
The Way the Light Shines |
The shrill singing of cicada |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
aging, friendship |
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523 |
Cerebral Palsy |
Each morning the wild, random |
The Windless Orchard |
1980 |
illness, perseverance |
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524 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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525 |
Consider a Poem |
If I speak to explain myself |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, communication |
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