226 |
The Quarrel |
The front steps seemed not |
American Press |
1965 |
argument, silence |
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A Single Focus 40, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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227 |
Outlived by Time |
The empty hearse skimmed away |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
death, funeral |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 62. |
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228 |
Not the Last Goodbye |
Hat askew, coat open, |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
love, worry |
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229 |
Protest |
Now as imperceptibly |
Independent |
1926 |
time, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xxxviii, (1938) 61, (1943) 69, Man and His Field 71, Snake in the Strawberries 16. |
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230 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
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231 |
Names for an Obstacle |
This iceberg of granite |
Poem |
1969 |
rootedness, perseverance |
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232 |
Discovery |
The wind swept the yard, wrinkled the pond, |
Catholic Rural life |
1963 |
nature, weather |
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233 |
View by View |
Poplars mark the limit of the yard |
New York Times |
1969 |
love, secrecy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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234 |
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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235 |
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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236 |
Warm-Eyed Memory |
While I wait for my next student |
Sou'wester Literary Quarterly |
1968 |
birds, memory |
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237 |
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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238 |
Judgement by Spring Rain |
Some snarl faced poet |
Yankee Magazine |
1973 |
seasons, aging |
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Proved by Trial 7, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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239 |
What Time Is It Anyway? |
You can't win 'em all, |
Focus |
1984 |
work, alienation |
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240 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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241 |
Home Work |
Today is cleaning day in the pens |
The Ghent Quarterly |
1975 |
work, animals |
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242 |
Home |
The house sags like it’s grieving, paint |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
misfortune, rootedness |
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243 |
Susanna and the Elders |
Let us put thought aside |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
innocence, secrecy |
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Proved by Trial 21, Snake in the Strawberries 83. |
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244 |
Moment Toward Spring |
This is the day when on the hills of noon |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
spring, transition |
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Limited View 13, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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245 |
Mind-Boggled |
His mind bent with the weight |
A Country Man |
1993 |
religion, uncertainty |
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A Country Man 39. |
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246 |
Queer People |
Queer people eat soup |
Erebus Rising |
1971 |
compassion, nonconformity |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 41, Landmark and Other Poems 16. |
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247 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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248 |
Between Neighbors |
A raw nerve jumped in our |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
argument, neighbors |
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249 |
Come On, Let's Go |
Wake up, dope head, wake up, |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
farming, spring |
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250 |
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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