651 |
Vacation in Colorado |
The street's hullabaloo tramps |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
wilderness, civilization |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
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652 |
Weeds of Anger |
A man who plowed America's future |
Poem |
1969 |
farming, defiance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 47. |
|
653 |
First Snow |
The road and yard are full of dust |
Midland |
1926 |
change, reflection |
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Country Men (1937) xxi, (1938) 42, (1943) 49, Man and His Field 50, Landmark and Other Poems 36. |
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654 |
Truant |
Little rowdy yellow duck, darting from your mother, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
birds, adventure |
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655 |
The Supermarket's Secret Machine |
Today my wife sent me to the |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
shopping, uncertainty |
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|
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656 |
Time to Go In |
You poke the fire in the fireplace, |
America |
1983 |
night, meaning |
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|
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657 |
Signed by Your Kiss |
We came too late, we found the trees |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, love |
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A Single Focus 55. |
|
658 |
The Backward Flow |
A man bent with the burden |
University of Windsor Review |
1979 |
aging, fall |
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|
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659 |
At Least on the Surface |
People who live in neighborhoods |
Miscellany |
1976 |
neighbors, appearances |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 65, Snake in the Strawberries 69. |
|
660 |
Part Of An Eternal Dialogue |
What do I hear on my window rapping |
Contemporary Verse |
1925 |
life, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xxxi, (1938) 53, (1943) 60. |
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661 |
Still Heard but Faintly |
What chime struck from the iron air |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
winter, faith |
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|
|
662 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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|
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663 |
Not the Day to Listen |
This nifty gent with a spry tongue |
|
1986 |
death, work |
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A Country Man 40. |
|
664 |
The Advantage |
Three haystacks stood against the wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
winter, chores |
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Man and His Field 65. |
|
665 |
The Return Flight |
Evening spread fingers of shadow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
birds, fall |
|
A Single Focus 72. |
|
666 |
Wheelchair Blues |
Two raised steps deny him |
North American Review |
1979 |
disability, memory |
|
|
|
667 |
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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668 |
The Sun at Noon |
No country leads so softly to nowhere |
Poetry |
1940 |
mortality, appreciation |
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The Sun at Noon 9, Man and His Field 20. |
|
669 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
|
|
|
670 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
|
Country Men (1938) 52. |
|
671 |
No Argument |
My gosh, she said, you two |
A Country Man |
1993 |
satisfaction, pride |
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A Country Man 43. |
|
672 |
Thought of Bluebells |
Along the banks |
Wascana Review |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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Snake in the Strawberries 53. |
|
673 |
One Way For An Answer |
No way, just no way, |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
mountains, revelation |
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Proved by Trial 21, Landmark and Other Poems 28. |
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674 |
Bound to Happen |
At the haybarn's peak where |
New England Review |
1981 |
aging, animals |
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675 |
Homesickness |
Marie Summers took a course in Commercial |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
cities, alienation |
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The Sun at Noon 28, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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