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626 |
Bound to Happen |
At the haybarn's peak where |
New England Review |
1981 |
aging, animals |
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627 |
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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628 |
The Search |
Here on the hillside is a square of ground |
Wallace's Farmer |
1940 |
farming, neighbors |
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A Single Focus 37, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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629 |
A Chance Meeting |
A chance day opened a door |
Motive |
1965 |
fall, conversation |
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630 |
Day's Routine |
A day of simple duties |
Today |
1966 |
work, marriage |
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Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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631 |
Now I Have Taken to the Fields |
Now I have taken to the fields |
Country Men |
1937 |
hope, land |
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Country Men (1937) xix, (1938) 40, (1943) 47, Man and His Field 54, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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632 |
No Answer |
The sun rose up with a fuzzy eye, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, morning |
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633 |
While Meadowlarks Sang |
It began with the first eggs |
A Country Man |
1993 |
lessons, work |
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A Country Man 30. |
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634 |
There is Time to Be Cheerful |
On the back steps |
Skylark |
1981 |
promise, farming |
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635 |
Forked Road |
It's hard to decide sometimes |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
decisions, obligation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 64. |
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636 |
Penance for Anger |
Many times you have fed me, my dear, |
Northwest Review |
1967 |
argument, forgiveness |
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637 |
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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638 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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639 |
Meeting a Pheasant Hunter in Our Grove |
The bush’s shape has been bent by the wind |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
wind, nature |
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640 |
Resolution |
Strokes took off the big tree's top |
after Ward Bib. |
1982 |
work |
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641 |
Ute Cemetery |
Gravestones lean every which way, |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
death, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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642 |
Two Men |
The stiff man scrubs his hands, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
duality, conformity |
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643 |
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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644 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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645 |
Homecoming |
So let's knock off for the day, I said, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, home |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 39. |
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646 |
Within Limits |
One afternoon in early spring |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
cleaning, decay |
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A Country Man 20. |
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647 |
Death of a Marriage |
They reached home, |
Black and White |
1979 |
divorce, silence |
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648 |
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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649 |
Bluejay and I |
The bluejay perches on the |
Spectrum, the Richmond Tri-Annual Review |
1969 |
birds, work |
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650 |
The Well |
By accident one day I found a well, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
water, restoration |
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Limited View 40. |
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