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201 |
Outsider |
The field stretches from morning |
America |
1979 |
plowing, nature |
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202 |
Undone by Frost |
While once again you must accept |
English Journal |
1971 |
flowers, time |
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203 |
The Dainty Lily Bell |
She’s liberated, you know, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, gender |
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Planting Red Geraniums 24 |
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204 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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205 |
Progress |
Own all the land you can get |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, animals |
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A Single Focus 44, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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206 |
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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207 |
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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208 |
Plowman |
This is plowing time and I am plowing |
Midland |
1927 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiv, (1938) 56, (1943) 63, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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209 |
It Could Be Worse, Maybe |
My god, such a night! |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
insomnia, morning |
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Landmark and Other Poems 9. |
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210 |
Something is Given |
Something is given |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, farming |
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211 |
Come Back, Come Back |
You emptied the house |
Windless Orchard II |
1972 |
loss, loneliness |
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212 |
Spring West of Town |
A man who lives inside my head |
Kernels |
1939 |
busyness, waiting |
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213 |
The Meeting |
This is the curb where |
Motive |
1966 |
love, loss |
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A Single Focus 60, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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214 |
Take the Best Offer |
Don't ask me which job to take, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, choice |
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A Country Man 36. |
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215 |
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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216 |
Nag, Nag, Nag All Day |
The buzzing sound in my ears |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1981 |
interruptions, work |
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217 |
University |
Morning light throws a wreath |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
university, summer |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 26, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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218 |
The Professor Enrolls |
I decided to major in leisure |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1978 |
relaxation, education |
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219 |
To Shape Our Decisions |
The question is |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
choice, obligation |
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220 |
Neighborhood in the Suburbs |
Take our garbage cans, a man may be known |
Miscellany |
1976 |
secrecy, community |
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Proved by Trial 10. |
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221 |
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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222 |
Need for Grass |
Yes, there it was, |
Limited View |
1962 |
death, mourning |
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Limited View 23. |
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223 |
Let It Shine |
The guy who hides his light |
Wormwood Review |
1982 |
confidence, religion |
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224 |
The Face of Things |
The creek retreats from flood rage |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
spring, planting |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 46, Landmark and Other Poems 27 (as "Sap's Rise"). |
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225 |
Eighty Birthdays |
This cake, a snow-topped hill, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
aging, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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