176 |
Close the Accounts |
The putting away time shows up |
Commonweal |
1965 |
farming, fall |
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A Single Focus 19, Snake in the Strawberries 44, Landmark and Other Poems 37. |
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177 |
So Much Change |
Remember how the book would not |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
love, loss |
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A Country Man 21. |
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178 |
Until The Storm Passes |
The wheel-rounded wind races |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
winter, relationships |
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Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
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179 |
Glorify Our Passage |
It waits on the hill |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, mourning |
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Planting Red Geraniums 27 |
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180 |
Discord |
After the accident |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
sex, community |
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Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
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181 |
Potencies |
Earth, sun-plowed, rain-swept, trembles |
Commonweal |
1966 |
farming, diligence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 27, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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182 |
Saturday Morning |
This morning wrapped in my indolence |
The Smith |
1968 |
birds, guilt |
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183 |
The Barn |
It was like a house but larger and not so tame, |
Instructor |
1959 |
farming, imagination |
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184 |
What Time Is It Anyway? |
You can't win 'em all, |
Focus |
1984 |
work, alienation |
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185 |
The Red Flower |
The day sagged under heavy wind |
Limited View |
1962 |
love, renewal |
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Limited View 26. |
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186 |
The Forest |
Within the forest of my heart |
Country Men |
1937 |
love, reflection |
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Country Men (1937) xx, (1938) 41, (1943) 48, Man and His Field 55. |
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187 |
Short Cut |
A short cut, so we said, a different road, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
roaming, countryside |
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188 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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189 |
Spring Rites |
We celebrate the rites of spring |
New York Times |
1971 |
planting, ritual |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 49. |
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190 |
Try, Try Again |
When I was young the girls were quick |
Monthly magazine for the Arts of Storytelling |
1972 |
aging, sex |
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191 |
Signed by Your Kiss |
We came too late, we found the trees |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, love |
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A Single Focus 55. |
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192 |
No Answer |
The sun rose up with a fuzzy eye, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, morning |
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193 |
Moving Day |
I have moved from one house |
A Country Man |
1993 |
moving, change |
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A Country Man 38. |
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194 |
Point of View |
After a dark day low with clouds, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
sunset, perspective |
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Man and His Field 43. |
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195 |
Part Of An Eternal Dialogue |
What do I hear on my window rapping |
Contemporary Verse |
1925 |
life, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xxxi, (1938) 53, (1943) 60. |
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196 |
Anyone Can See |
Anyone with half wit can see |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
farming, gift |
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197 |
Wonder of Hummingbirds |
Glass cells of red syrup hang |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
birds, amazement |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 68, Landmark and Other Poems 24 (variant). |
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198 |
Penance for Anger |
Many times you have fed me, my dear, |
Northwest Review |
1967 |
argument, forgiveness |
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199 |
The Return Flight |
Evening spread fingers of shadow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
birds, fall |
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A Single Focus 72. |
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200 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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