|
576 |
Wilderness Token |
Wild grapes tied their vines |
New Mexico Quarterly |
1964 |
nature, appreciation |
|
A Single Focus 16. |
|
|
577 |
The Comfort of a Friend |
We have wandered as we wished |
A Country Man |
1993 |
aging, friendship |
|
A Country Man 47. |
|
|
578 |
The Red Flower |
The day sagged under heavy wind |
Limited View |
1962 |
love, renewal |
|
Limited View 26. |
|
|
579 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
|
|
|
|
580 |
No News is Good News |
Having read the same names in the paper |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
community, significance |
|
|
|
|
581 |
Live with Love |
Early in the morning |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, perseverance |
|
Planting Red Geraniums 28 |
|
|
582 |
Spring Rites |
We celebrate the rites of spring |
New York Times |
1971 |
planting, ritual |
|
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 49. |
|
|
583 |
A Way by Water |
In the basement this morning |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
water, animals |
|
|
|
|
584 |
Before Frost |
Now summer's golden bell is mute |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
seasons, harvest |
|
A Single Focus 35, Snake in the Strawberries 40. |
|
|
585 |
Ruffle the Pages |
An oak tree spread shade, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, family |
|
A Country Man 52. |
|
|
586 |
What Was That? |
Never was so much hubbub in the morning, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
work, farming |
|
Man and His Field 41. |
|
|
587 |
Liberated by Generosity |
Today was a turning point |
America |
1981 |
frugality, generosity |
|
|
|
|
588 |
Advice to Farmers |
You trimmed the wilderness to size |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
farming, nature |
|
|
|
|
589 |
Abrasive Time |
Just think how alert we would all need to be |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
aging, time |
|
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 67. |
|
|
590 |
The Gift for Love |
Underbrush, grasses, weeds, |
Eidolons |
1972 |
wilderness, order |
|
|
|
|
591 |
Love's Survival |
The blind fingertips of longing |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
summer, love |
|
A Single Focus 51. |
|
|
592 |
Comfort in Small Things |
I saw them, a glanceful, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
birds, pleasure |
|
|
|
|
593 |
March Mourning |
The late snow is a fungus |
Wallace's Farmer |
1939 |
snow, death |
Man and His Field |
Man and His Field 57. |
|
|
594 |
Silver Maples |
Rain fingers stroke our grey bodies |
Wallace's Farmer |
1939 |
farming, nature |
North American Review |
|
|
|
595 |
A Matter of Fact |
All through the summer I failed to wring truth out of words, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1961 |
birds, truth |
Poet Lore 71 (Winter 1976-77) 128. |
|
|
|
596 |
After Chores |
Close down, Night |
American Prefaces |
1935 |
chores, sleep |
American Prefaces 5 (June 1940) 169. |
Country Men (1937) xxxvii, (1938) 58, (1943) 66, Man and His Field 48, Snake in the Strawberries 26 |
|
|
597 |
Alien |
The winter trees replied |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
winter, solitude |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 44. |
Proved by Trial 18, Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
|
|
598 |
Apple Harvest |
The wind knocks on my door |
Bitterroot |
1965 |
fall, mortality |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
A Single Focus 68, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
|
|
599 |
Time Like a Hand |
The hardware merchant reaches back for the past |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
aging, alienation |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
The Sun at Noon 22, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
|
|
600 |
Love's Ways |
Almost as if you hungered to be free |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
love, desire |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
A Single Focus 57, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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