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101 |
Leaves Like Tears |
You say the leaves fall |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
grief, winter |
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102 |
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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103 |
The Malicious Spirit of Machines |
Right in our own house, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
machines, breakdown |
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104 |
A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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105 |
Cold Snap |
The winter night in your face |
Kansas City Magazine |
1965 |
winter, music |
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A Single Focus 56. |
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106 |
Mr. Norris and the Civet Cat |
We four boys liked to fish |
Maine Life |
1981 |
compassion, animals |
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107 |
There Must Be Somewhere to Go |
Wait for me, wait for me, |
North Country |
1977 |
uncertainty, leaving |
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108 |
An Older Language |
Riding up on a southwest wind |
Amanuensis |
1972 |
birds, spring |
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109 |
Double Talk |
The exercises we schedule |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
duality, survival |
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110 |
Ape in My Heart |
Lust stinks in my nostrils |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
shame, lust |
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Planting Red Geraniums 21 |
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111 |
Good Friday |
My neighbor plants potatoes on Good Friday |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
superstition, tradition |
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The Sun at Noon 11, Landmark and Other Poems 50. |
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112 |
Whatever Happened |
When I was young I discovered |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
reading, conformity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 82, The Good Earth 68. |
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113 |
Born Again |
He woke up when she died, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
loss, death |
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114 |
A Way by Water |
In the basement this morning |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
water, animals |
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115 |
Fear of Renewal |
Snow rotted at the sun's touch, |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1968 |
seasons, loneliness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 57. |
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116 |
Susanna and the Elders |
Let us put thought aside |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
innocence, secrecy |
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Proved by Trial 21, Snake in the Strawberries 83. |
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117 |
A Believer |
A dirty carpet of March snow |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
birth, animals |
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A Country Man 18. |
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118 |
Bereaved |
Granted, a meeting with her, |
The American Scholar |
1978 |
death, grief |
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Snake in the Strawberries 98. |
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119 |
Advice to Farmers |
You trimmed the wilderness to size |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
farming, nature |
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120 |
The Gift for Love |
Underbrush, grasses, weeds, |
Eidolons |
1972 |
wilderness, order |
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121 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
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122 |
Propped Apple Tree |
Its branches bowed with fruit, the tree |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, farming |
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A Single Focus 22. |
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123 |
Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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124 |
Saturday Morning |
This morning wrapped in my indolence |
The Smith |
1968 |
birds, guilt |
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125 |
The Chipmunk and I |
The chipmunk sits upright |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1969 |
animals, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 48. |
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