176 |
Father |
Nailheads broke off with the sound |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
family, kindness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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177 |
Fear of Play for Keeps |
It's just for the program, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
children, relationships |
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A Country Man 27. |
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178 |
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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179 |
First Signs |
Today the wind trudged in from the south |
Instructor |
1960 |
spring, weather |
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Limited View 34, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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180 |
First Snow |
The road and yard are full of dust |
Midland |
1926 |
change, reflection |
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Country Men (1937) xxi, (1938) 42, (1943) 49, Man and His Field 50, Landmark and Other Poems 36. |
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181 |
Flight and Return |
The locked house next door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
neighbors, racism |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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182 |
Flowers Would Be Better |
My wife calls me to see her garden. |
A Country Man |
1993 |
gardening, gender |
North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 28. |
A Country Man 34. |
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183 |
Fog |
Waves of the sea's ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
weather, defamiliarization |
North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 26. |
Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 36. |
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184 |
For A Neighbor Woman |
Early this morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, gardening |
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Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 10. |
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185 |
For God's Sake |
Why don't you clean up your place, |
Penny Poems From Midwestern University |
1965 |
garden, decay |
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Proved by Trial 19, Landmark and Other Poems 21. |
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186 |
Forecast |
I hang a chart for prophecy |
New York Times |
1972 |
fortelling, mood |
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187 |
Forewarned |
Now when the breath of frost has chilled |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, winter |
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A Single Focus 42, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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188 |
Forked Road |
It's hard to decide sometimes |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
decisions, obligation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 64. |
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189 |
Forsythia |
You said, take a few dry |
Poetry |
1965 |
flowers, surprise |
North American Review (1974) 31, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 20. |
A Single Focus 13, Snake in the Strawberries 36, The Good Earth 61. |
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190 |
Fourth of July |
Early in the morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
patriotism, disappointment |
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191 |
Fourth of July at Aspen |
The color-striped day |
South Dakota Review |
1968 |
mountains, holiday |
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192 |
Free Man |
Hans Karen and debt were old friends until 1932 |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
debt, money |
North American Review (1974) 31. |
The Sun at Noon 25, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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193 |
Frost |
Though nothing came that could be heard |
Poetry |
1930 |
fall, death |
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Country Men (1937) iv, (1938) 20, (1943) 30, Man and His Field 43, Landmark and Other Poems 32. |
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194 |
Frustrations |
Thoughts run like mice |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
memory, animals |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 17, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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195 |
Games Are Never Free |
The city park still draws children |
Iowa Arts Council Newsletter |
1968 |
children, memory |
Iowa State Arts Council Biennium Report, 1968-1970, 3. |
Snake in the Strawberries 46. |
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196 |
Giant Fear |
The day overwhelmed him with its size, |
Cloud Marauder |
1968 |
obligation, overwhelmed |
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197 |
Gift for All |
The miracles of creation |
Skylark |
1981 |
animals |
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198 |
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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199 |
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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200 |
Goodbye, Mrs. O'Flynn |
I am not carrying on with Mrs. O'Flynn |
A Country Man |
1993 |
gossip, sex |
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A Country Man 55. |
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