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Title First Line Original Publication Date Themes Republicationsort ascending Hearst Collections
126 Poverty The field of clover sowed last fall Kansas Quarterly 1971 weather, farming
127 Moments of Being Away Today I walked through the house Chariton Review 1983 ownership, belonging
128 Love Love hungers, a cruel eye Sparrow Magazine 1961 desire, hunting Limited View 21, Snake in the Strawberries 27.
129 Truant Little rowdy yellow duck, darting from your mother, Music for Seven Poems 1958 birds, adventure
130 Landscape—Iowa No one who lives here Shaken by Leaf-Fall 1976 land, people Snake in the Strawberries 67, The Good Earth 63., Selected Poems 10
131 Seeding The morning sun looks in on me Midland 1932 farming, planting Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45.
132 The Supermarket's Secret Machine Today my wife sent me to the The Complete Poetry of James Hearst 2001 shopping, uncertainty
133 Today is Now It doesn't need headlines, Focus 1984 aging, memory
134 A Shabby Day Out of doors, office-bound, Black and White 1979 cities, community
135 Still Heard but Faintly What chime struck from the iron air Periodical of Art in Nebraska 1976 winter, faith
136 Stunted Root A season without rain, he saw the stalks Kansas Quarterly 1971 sex, drought Shaken by Leaf-Fall 63.
137 Grandfather and the Evangelist A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, Snake in the Strawberries 1979 religion, experience Snake in the Strawberries 6.
138 To Run or Sit Today, he said, the sky bends down The Back Door 1970 frustration, waiting
139 Man with a Shovel The man with a shovel on his shoulder Anglo-American Studies 1983 observation, work A Country Man 59.
140 There Are Still Some Mysteries My young neighbor attended an Poetry Now 1980
141 Burning a Dead Heifer This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose, Man and His Field 1951 death, animals Man and His Field 63.
142 Each to Its Own Purpose They said, don't use words Yankee Magazine 1975 poetry, language Proved by Trial 13, Snake in the Strawberries 94.
143 The Cure The bush at the corner of the house Sandlapper 1977 homesickness, flowers
144 Woman and Her Wayward Garden Maples and oaks turn scarlet, Dry Leaves 1975 fall, wistfulness Dry Leaves.
145 Boundary Lines The dog has a squirrel up a tree. American Prefaces 1940 fear, animals The Sun at Noon 19, Snake in the Strawberries 21.
146 A Home of Her Own I left the evening chores and went to the door and spoke Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst 2017 death, neighbors Planting Red Geraniums 15
147 Dark Flower Oh, no, do not look too long Country Men 1938 flowers, morning Country Men (1938) 52.
148 Wealth of News A mile of main road and A Country Man 1993 childhood, animals A Country Man 45.
149 Shy Breeder The heifer is in heat but Poetry Now 1981 animals, sex
150 Sharers You grieved so for a rosebush Ladies Home Journal 1971 flowers, loss Snake in the Strawberries 52.

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