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76 |
Cleaning Lady |
Her coat is vague as fog but she herself |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
work, virtue |
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A Country Man 18. |
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77 |
A Disowner |
Not my world today |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
integrity, alienation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 99. |
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78 |
Day of the Cornfield |
The day of the cornfield all right, |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
farming, observation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 59. |
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79 |
Lost |
I hear a child crying |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
lost, fear |
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80 |
My Father's Care |
The binder glittered in the sun, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
farming, aging |
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Limited View 32, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
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81 |
Not for Sale |
You thought a dollar sign imaged |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
love, money |
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82 |
The Tide |
Today is our anniversary |
Pendragon |
1984 |
aging, marriage |
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83 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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84 |
I Set My Chair |
I set my chair on the driveway |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
meditation, interruptions |
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Proved by Trial 25, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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85 |
The Same in This As Other Lands |
He bows his head against the wind |
Poetry |
1940 |
farming, work |
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The Sun at Noon 31, Man and His Field 23, Landmark and Other Poems 58. |
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86 |
Around the Bend |
Around the bend the water stills, |
Outdoor America |
1926 |
fishing, perseverance |
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87 |
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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88 |
A Curious Critter |
Man is both good and kind |
Aspen Times |
1972 |
people, morality |
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89 |
Pressed Flowers |
The flowers we picked last summer |
Nimrod |
1971 |
memory, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 36, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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90 |
Sooner or Later |
My roots search for water |
Yankee Magazine |
1980 |
trouble, nature |
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91 |
Hen Pheasant |
Dusk fills the grove and seeps |
Poetry |
1965 |
farming, birds |
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A Single Focus 23. |
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92 |
The Fact Is... |
A duck at a worm |
Poetry View |
1979 |
nature, death |
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93 |
The Unprotected |
The sun at noon |
America |
1959 |
farming, responsibility |
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Limited View 35, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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94 |
After the People Go |
No one lives here any more, they all have moved away |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) vii, (1938) 24, (1943) 34, Man and His Field 69. |
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95 |
Relief from Pressure |
The forecast said rain, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
weather, work |
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96 |
A Green Voice |
Whatever cold tones |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
renewal, holiday |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 54, Landmark and Other Poems 24. |
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97 |
There is a Line Drawn |
A buyer of discards |
A Country Man |
1993 |
farming, distinctions |
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A Country Man 51. |
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98 |
The Dainty Lily Bell |
She’s liberated, you know, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, gender |
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Planting Red Geraniums 24 |
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99 |
Responsibility of Being Young |
All I knew concerned my |
Barnwood |
1981 |
chores, death |
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100 |
Forewarned |
Now when the breath of frost has chilled |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, winter |
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A Single Focus 42, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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