176 |
Winter Shower |
This morning's miracle shakes my faith |
American Prefaces |
1937 |
winter, perceptions |
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The Sun at Noon 16, Man and His Field 49. |
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177 |
Fourth of July at Aspen |
The color-striped day |
South Dakota Review |
1968 |
mountains, holiday |
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178 |
Veteran's Day |
How thankful they should be, |
Des Moines Register |
1976 |
war, innocence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 65. |
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179 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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180 |
Where Did They Go? |
Where did they go, the maple grove, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
time, memory |
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A Country Man 46. |
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181 |
Dirge for an old Wound |
Any root worth its salt |
Lamp in the Spine |
1972 |
nature, perseverance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 12, Snake in the Strawberries 68. |
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182 |
Valley and Mountain |
The valley floor crawls with streets |
Michigan Quarterly |
1969 |
mountains, transcendence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 13, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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183 |
His Daily Pack |
Come here and let me tell you about this man |
Limited View |
1962 |
order, work |
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Limited View 15, Landmark and Other Poems 41. |
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184 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
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185 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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186 |
Birth Pains |
I do not remember birth pains |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
morning, birth |
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187 |
Beauty |
I stayed in the field though the rain was beginning to fall |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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see variant note |
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188 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
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189 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
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190 |
Karma |
Still, cries of hunting shake the grove |
DePaul Literary Magazine |
1965 |
hunting, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 26, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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191 |
That Kind of a Day |
A kitten plays with a mouse, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
nature, loss |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 24, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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192 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
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Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
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193 |
Out of Bounds |
Black asphalt abides between unbroken curbs of cement, |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
cities, gardening |
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194 |
[On the road to the farm] |
On the road to the farm |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
winter, creation |
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Planting Red Geraniums 29 |
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195 |
Daydream |
Warmed to drowsiness by the |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
fall, memory |
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196 |
I'm a Christian but . . . |
It gets pretty thick when |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
religion, satire |
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197 |
Need of Solid Ground |
He hadn't offended God nor failed His Word |
Limited View |
1962 |
work, perseverance |
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Limited View 18. |
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198 |
There Are Those Who Say This |
I lit the bonfire, |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
fire, destruction |
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199 |
Tasters |
The summer sun made blood like sap |
Midwest Quarterly |
1964 |
summer, desire |
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A Single Focus 45, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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200 |
Once Glimpsed |
Once I thought I saw it |
Poem |
1969 |
longing, uncertainty |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 44. |
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