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501 |
Wish for a Season |
Today you said you would not sigh |
South Dakota Review |
1969 |
winter, longing |
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502 |
Virgin Prairie |
This old squaw of a prairie |
South Dakota Review |
1974 |
Indians, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 28, Snake in the Strawberries 68, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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503 |
Witnesses |
The orchard basks in |
South Dakota Review |
1982 |
fall, wilderness |
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504 |
Mother |
The photograph fades, turns yellow, |
South Dakota Review |
1976 |
family, memory |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 16. |
Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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505 |
The Questioner |
When evening bows its head so does the farmer, |
Compass Review |
1958 |
farming, significance |
North American Review (1974) 24. |
Limited View 10, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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506 |
The Promise Seems True |
Snow wastes away, icicles rot, |
Antigonish Review |
1971 |
farming, ownership |
New River Review 2 (1977) 60. |
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507 |
Games Are Never Free |
The city park still draws children |
Iowa Arts Council Newsletter |
1968 |
children, memory |
Iowa State Arts Council Biennium Report, 1968-1970, 3. |
Snake in the Strawberries 46. |
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508 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
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Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
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509 |
Plea for Single Focus |
You saw double today when you said you saw the wind |
Colorado Quarterly |
1965 |
nature, farming |
Interpreting Literature. 4th ed. K.L. Knickerbocker and H.W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1969. 364, North American Review (1974) 21. |
A Single Focus 53, Snake in the Strawberries 40. |
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510 |
Shortcut |
A shortcut, so we said, a different road, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1965 |
countryside, lost |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 35. |
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511 |
A Hawk Is Not a Rabbit |
He got the message! |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
independence, aging |
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512 |
A Way by Water |
In the basement this morning |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
water, animals |
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513 |
At Least Once a Problem Solved |
Sometimes I feel like a shadow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
birth, accomplishment |
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514 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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515 |
Relief from Pressure |
The forecast said rain, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
weather, work |
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516 |
The Storm |
A storm struck down the old willow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1965 |
weather, imagination |
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A Single Focus 62, Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
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517 |
They Never Came |
Our town prepared for invasion |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
paranoia, community |
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518 |
The Tarnish |
The afternoon failed of its promise and the sun |
Wormwood Review |
1962 |
weather, decay |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest. 78. |
Limited View 19, Landmark and Other Poems 26. |
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519 |
Metamorphosis |
I starved for the honey you |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
nature, insects |
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A Single Focus 17. |
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520 |
A Field You Cannot Own |
You thought there was a For Sale sign |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, rejection |
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521 |
Con Man |
The gifts I buy and offer you, my dear, |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, expectations |
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522 |
The Test |
This guy walking down the street |
Wormwood Review |
1968 |
alienation, self-pity |
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Proved by Trial 20. |
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523 |
Do People Care for People? |
Appetites in the barnyard bawled |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
compassion, civilization |
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524 |
Out of Bounds |
Black asphalt abides between unbroken curbs of cement, |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
cities, gardening |
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525 |
The Visit |
The little world of the garden bare, |
Wormwood Review |
1962 |
birds, winter |
Snake in the Strawberries 33. |
Limited View 41. |
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