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551 |
The Advantage |
Three haystacks stood against the wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
winter, chores |
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Man and His Field 65. |
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|
552 |
Accident |
The iron teeth of the harrow |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
birds, destruction |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 48, Snake in the Strawberries 24. |
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553 |
The Deacon Goes for His Sunday Paper |
Good morning, good morning, it is a good morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
happiness, disappointment |
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Man and His Field 67. |
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554 |
What Was That? |
Never was so much hubbub in the morning, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
work, farming |
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Man and His Field 41. |
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555 |
Spring Lament |
The season has sounded its call to the farm's sleepy ears, |
Limited View |
1962 |
spring, loneliness |
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Landmark and Other Poems 53. |
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556 |
Birthplace |
This is the heart of the farm where I was born, |
Limited View |
1962 |
memory, home |
Snake in the Strawberries 30. |
Limited View 42, The Good Earth 58. |
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557 |
A Stray |
Neighbors, neighbors, help me find |
Limited View |
1962 |
animals, loss |
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Limited View 16. |
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558 |
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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559 |
His Daily Pack |
Come here and let me tell you about this man |
Limited View |
1962 |
order, work |
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Limited View 15, Landmark and Other Poems 41. |
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560 |
Change toward Certainty |
The afternoon closed it until it seemed |
Limited View |
1962 |
love, nature |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 79, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 21. |
Limited View 20, Shaken by Leaf-Fall 25, Snake in the Strawberries 32. |
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561 |
Need for Grass |
Yes, there it was, |
Limited View |
1962 |
death, mourning |
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Limited View 23. |
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562 |
Beggared |
The quietness with which I watch you go |
Limited View |
1962 |
loss, loneliness |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
Limited View 24. |
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|
563 |
To An Old Sow |
Whoa there, you crazy sow, where do you think you're going? |
Limited View |
1962 |
animals, identification |
North American Review (1974) 20. |
Limited View 29, Landmark and Other Poems 54. |
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564 |
The Red Flower |
The day sagged under heavy wind |
Limited View |
1962 |
love, renewal |
|
Limited View 26. |
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565 |
Advice to Farmers |
You trimmed the wilderness to size |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
farming, nature |
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|
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|
566 |
Owner |
The morning sun surveys the time for me, |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
farming, ownership |
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|
|
|
567 |
Marred |
This headache of a morning |
Sparrow Magazine |
1965 |
morning, birds |
North American Review (1974) 31. |
A Single Focus 38, Landmark and Other Poems 19. |
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|
568 |
Quiet Sunday |
The old dog sleeps on the porch. |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
stillness, Sunday |
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Limited View 39, Landmark and Other Poems 57. |
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|
569 |
Truth |
How the devil do I know |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
knowledge, farming |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 79, Interpreting Literature. 4th ed. K.L. Knickerbocker and H.W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1969. 289, Interpreting Literature. 5th ed. 1974. 19, North American Review (1974) 19, The Iowan (Spring |
Limited View 38, Snake in the Strawberries 28, The Good Earth 67. |
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570 |
Love |
Love hungers, a cruel eye |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
desire, hunting |
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Limited View 21, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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571 |
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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|
572 |
Day's Facts |
There came a morning when |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
technology, breakdown |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 37. |
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|
573 |
Farmhand |
A mule with fork and shovel breeds no honey |
Prairie Schooner |
1960 |
work, resentment |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 77. |
Limited View 5. |
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|
574 |
Resort to Calm |
No protest, just the door's soft sigh, |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
relaxation, neighbors |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 50. |
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|
575 |
What Wind |
crept in to slam the door |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
anger, relationships |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 14, Snake in the Strawberries 69. |
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