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201 |
Line Between Seasons |
The rollicking whinny of the wind |
Quartet |
1966 |
nature, winter |
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A Single Focus 25, Snake in the Strawberries 41. |
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202 |
Landmark |
The road wound back among the hills of mind |
Poetry |
1962 |
memory, impermanence |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest. 77, Interpreting Literature. 4th ed. K.L. Knickerbocker and H.W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1969. 364, The Iowan (Spring 1979) 17. |
Limited View 6, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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203 |
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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204 |
Voices |
The restless sea is calling, and I would be away |
Good Housekeeping |
1924 |
longing, restriction |
All the Silver Pennies. Ed. Blanche Jennings Thompson. New York: MacMillan (1967) 128. |
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205 |
Wilderness Ways |
The rabbit knows why the hawk is there |
Commonweal |
1965 |
wilderness, animals |
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A Single Focus 20, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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206 |
Beggared |
The quietness with which I watch you go |
Limited View |
1962 |
loss, loneliness |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
Limited View 24. |
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207 |
To Shape Our Decisions |
The question is |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
choice, obligation |
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208 |
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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209 |
Country Men |
The pussy willows show again |
Midland |
1931 |
farming, spring |
Des Moines Register (May 1931) Sec. 10: 5, American Prefaces. (1937) 164, Hinterland (1937) 26, Out of the Midwest. (1944) 301, Rural Lutheran (March 1950), North American Review (1974) 23. |
Country Men (1937) i, (1938) 32, (1943) 40, Man and His Field 22, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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210 |
The Problem |
The problem is to see the problem |
Prairie Schooner |
1974 |
perceptions, appearance |
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Landmark and Other Poems 18. |
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211 |
Cock Pheasant |
The pool of morning lay cool |
Crazy Horse |
1972 |
birds, color |
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Snake in the Strawberries 54. |
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212 |
You Can't Plow Stone |
The plow point starts the furrow, |
Sunday Clothes |
1973 |
farming, defiance |
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213 |
Mother |
The photograph fades, turns yellow, |
South Dakota Review |
1976 |
family, memory |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 16. |
Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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214 |
The Army |
The pavements of the mind |
Country Men |
1943 |
indoctrination, morality |
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Country Men (1943) 62, Man and His Field 37. |
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215 |
Same Thing but Different |
The paperboy slammed the screen door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
community, routine |
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Snake in the Strawberries 81. |
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216 |
Witnesses |
The orchard basks in |
South Dakota Review |
1982 |
fall, wilderness |
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217 |
The Oracle |
The oracle whose customer I am |
Poetry |
1951 |
uncertainty, foretelling |
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Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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218 |
No More Chores |
The old farmer nurses rheumatic joints |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1978 |
farming, memory |
The New Renaissance 3 (1979) 45. |
Snake in the Strawberries 98. |
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219 |
The Old Dog |
The old dog waits patiently for death |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
death |
North American Review (1974) 23. |
The Sun at Noon 17, Landmark and Other Poems 47. |
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220 |
Quiet Sunday |
The old dog sleeps on the porch. |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
stillness, Sunday |
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Limited View 39, Landmark and Other Poems 57. |
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221 |
A Jog to Memory |
The odor of wild honey |
Sunday Clothes |
1975 |
innocence, happiness |
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222 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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223 |
Pride in Love |
The neighbors laugh up their sleeve |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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224 |
The Neighborhood |
The neighborhood has a mind and heart of its own |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
secrecy, community |
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The Sun at Noon 24, Snake in the Strawberries 20. |
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225 |
The Inevitable Words like Signposts |
The morning's paper carried a story |
Ohio Review |
1978 |
death, friendship |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 22, Ohio Review 30 (1983) 252. |
Snake in the Strawberries 100. |
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