|
551 |
Away with Boards |
The last storm shook |
Kansas Quarterly |
1984 |
cities, destruction |
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|
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552 |
A Testament |
The ant down there, dragging his leg, |
America |
1973 |
perseverance, insects |
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Snake in the Strawberries 58. |
|
|
553 |
Hang On to the Grab Bar |
Caught in the revolving door |
Kansas Quarterly |
1979 |
longing, civilization |
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|
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554 |
Behind the Stove |
It takes more than wind and sleet to |
Poetry |
1965 |
affair, desire |
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A Single Focus 48, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
|
|
555 |
Morning Song |
I often think of night as a wave lifting me into the morning |
Poetry |
1940 |
morning, love |
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Man and His Field 54, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
|
|
556 |
Seventy Times Seven |
Let the rain discover |
Country Men |
1937 |
forgiveness, loneliness |
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|
557 |
Forecast |
I hang a chart for prophecy |
New York Times |
1972 |
fortelling, mood |
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558 |
Better a Bonfire |
Hitch up the mule, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
memory, secrecy |
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A Country Man 29. |
|
|
559 |
Consider a Poem |
If I speak to explain myself |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, communication |
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|
|
560 |
Intruder |
The morning flowered in |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
morning, sadness |
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A Single Focus 65, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
|
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561 |
Arrogance of Things |
The growth of the cornfield today |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
death, materiality |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
|
|
562 |
A Home of Her Own |
I left the evening chores and went to the door and spoke |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, neighbors |
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Planting Red Geraniums 15 |
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|
563 |
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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564 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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|
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565 |
The Provincial |
The Frenchman asked, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
home, travel |
|
A Country Man 54. |
|
|
566 |
Deaf Ear |
You said you would come and |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1970 |
happiness, promise |
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|
|
567 |
How Good is Good Enough |
He must have read whatever signs |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
homelessness, distinctions |
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|
|
568 |
Bluejay |
Into the calm of morning as stone breaks |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
birds, hunting |
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Proved by Trial 15. |
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|
569 |
The Other Land |
The strength and persuasion of the long slow turning |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
seasons, divinity |
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The Sun at Noon 22. |
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|
570 |
[Thank goodness it doesn't bug you often] |
Thank goodness it doesn’t bug you often, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
purpose, routine |
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Planting Red Geraniums 33. |
|
|
571 |
Self-Portrait |
The mirror lacks depth, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
reflection, aging |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 53, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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|
572 |
Fourth of July at Aspen |
The color-striped day |
South Dakota Review |
1968 |
mountains, holiday |
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|
573 |
Year after Year |
By ones, twos and in groups |
A Country Man |
1993 |
routine, childhood |
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A Country Man 16. |
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574 |
Veteran's Day |
How thankful they should be, |
Des Moines Register |
1976 |
war, innocence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 65. |
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|
575 |
Winter Morning |
I enter a winter morning |
Contact |
1981 |
isolation, winter |
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