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76 |
Conservative |
The wilderness sleeps in seed and furrow |
Today |
1966 |
farming, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 67, Landmark and Other Poems 49. |
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77 |
The Body Of One |
Glad that at last the litter and waste of winter, |
Midland |
1931 |
spring, rain |
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Country Men (1937) xxviii, (1938) 50, (1943) 57. Landmark and Other Poems 37 (as "Let It Come Down") |
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78 |
The Reason For Stars |
I never wonder a lot about stars |
Midland |
1926 |
diligence, farming |
North American Review (1974) 38. |
Country Men (1937) xxix, (1938) 51, (1943) 58, Man and His Field 46, Snake in the Strawberries 14, Landmark and Other Poems 26. |
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79 |
Belief |
My neighbor and I have stood in the sun |
Midland |
1927 |
friendship, life |
Literary Digest 12 Nov. (1927) 34, Des Moines Sunday Register 13 Jan. (1929) 8g, College Eye Iowa State Teachers College 12 July (1935) 2. |
Country Men (1937) ii, (1938) 18, (1943) 28, Man and His Field 27. |
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80 |
The Burden |
Apple bloom spread on the orchard floor, |
Midland |
1926 |
blossoming, nature |
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Country Men (1937) xxx. |
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81 |
In April |
This I saw on an April day: |
Midland |
1926 |
spring, renewal |
The Republican Journal (3 April 2014) <http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/poets-corner-april/1143336>. |
Country Men (1937) iii, (1938) 19, (1943) 29, Man and His Field 38, Snake in the Strawberries 16. |
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82 |
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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83 |
Country Men |
The pussy willows show again |
Midland |
1931 |
farming, spring |
Des Moines Register (May 1931) Sec. 10: 5, American Prefaces. (1937) 164, Hinterland (1937) 26, Out of the Midwest. (1944) 301, Rural Lutheran (March 1950), North American Review (1974) 23. |
Country Men (1937) i, (1938) 32, (1943) 40, Man and His Field 22, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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84 |
Theology |
When we were boys a man my father hired |
Midland |
1927 |
religion, fear |
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Country Men (1937) xxxviii, (1938) 60 (1943) 68. |
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85 |
Plowman |
This is plowing time and I am plowing |
Midland |
1927 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiv, (1938) 56, (1943) 63, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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86 |
The Contract |
You may have my garden if you will give to me |
Midland |
1926 |
gardening, apples |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiii, (1938) 55. |
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87 |
The Experiment |
You came and found me when the stars were blowing |
Midland |
1926 |
fire |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 43, (1943) 50, Man and His Field 35. |
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88 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
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89 |
Robin In The Straw |
A robin scratches right and left |
Midland |
1932 |
reflection, birds |
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Country Men (1937) xxvii, (1938) 49, (1943) 56. |
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90 |
Reflection |
I think I shall decide to stay |
Bookman |
1927 |
farming, nature |
Des Moines Sunday Register 13 Jan (1929) 8g, Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Poets New York: Avon House (1938), North American Review (1974) 26. |
Country Men (1937) xvii, (1938) 38, (1943) 45, Man and His Field 32, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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91 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
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92 |
Growing Up |
It is time to leave the grove, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
work, maturity |
Great Lakes Review 4 (Summer 1977) 61. |
Snake in the Strawberries 77. |
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93 |
Facts |
I do not read portents, |
Chowder Review |
1976 |
superstition, work |
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Proved by Trial 9, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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94 |
Cross Purposes |
The farmer sun |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1961 |
weather, superstition |
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Limited View 36, Landmark and Other Poems 40. |
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95 |
Ownership |
Old neighbors of my people |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1964 |
farming, mortality |
Harper's Bazaar (December 1968) 180. |
A Single Focus 73, Landmark and Other Poems 43. |
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96 |
Tired of Earth |
Wind bites dust from the furrows |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1962 |
farming, death |
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Limited View 14, Late Harvest 72. |
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97 |
Not Floods but Emptiness |
This morning I stepped outdoors |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1969 |
language, nature |
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98 |
The Bird |
One day in the bleak month of March |
Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts |
1961 |
birds, memory |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 66. |
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99 |
Home Place |
This is the way it was: |
The Congregationalist |
1965 |
snowstorm, winter |
Harper's Bazaar (Jan. 1969) 96. |
A Single Focus 39. |
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100 |
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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