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151 |
An In-Between Time |
He hasn't quite left her, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
divorce, change |
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152 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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153 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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154 |
Something is Given |
Something is given |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, farming |
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155 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
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156 |
Sooner or Later |
My roots search for water |
Yankee Magazine |
1980 |
trouble, nature |
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157 |
Stepchild of Nature |
Open morning's door and listen |
NRTA Journal |
1980 |
nature, alienation |
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158 |
Banish Morning Fear |
When he woke at dawn, it was his habit to think |
Modern Maturity |
1980 |
aging, mortality |
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159 |
There Are Still Some Mysteries |
My young neighbor attended an |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
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160 |
A Secret to Live By |
In the attic of my mind |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
memory, revelation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
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161 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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162 |
Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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163 |
Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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164 |
Land of Beginnings |
The door you once closed lets you slip through |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
time, farming |
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Snake in the Strawberries 3. |
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165 |
Need For Magic |
After a lonely night and an empty day |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
loss, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 11. |
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166 |
Pause between Clock Ticks |
Like a caught breath |
Yankee Magazine |
1979 |
decisions, stillness |
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167 |
The Backward Flow |
A man bent with the burden |
University of Windsor Review |
1979 |
aging, fall |
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168 |
The Fact Is... |
A duck at a worm |
Poetry View |
1979 |
nature, death |
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169 |
No Symbols |
The barn's warm breath |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birth, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 12. |
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170 |
A Misery Bleeds |
A misery bleeds inside of me |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
Depression, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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171 |
Retirement Blues |
Neither anger nor reproach will |
Poetry View |
1979 |
aging, life |
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172 |
Death of a Marriage |
They reached home, |
Black and White |
1979 |
divorce, silence |
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173 |
Something Not Tamed in Us |
Early this winter morning |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birds, charity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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174 |
A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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175 |
Women Shearing Men |
The wind whistles a bawdy tune, |
Canadian Forum |
1979 |
control, animals |
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Snake in the Strawberries 97. |
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