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Title First Line Original Publication Date Themes Republication Hearst Collections
1 After Chores Close down, Night American Prefaces 1935 chores, sleep American Prefaces 5 (June 1940) 169. Country Men (1937) xxxvii, (1938) 58, (1943) 66, Man and His Field 48, Snake in the Strawberries 26
2 Boundary Lines The dog has a squirrel up a tree. American Prefaces 1940 fear, animals The Sun at Noon 19, Snake in the Strawberries 21.
3 Cows Bawl on Sunday The Image of God American Prefaces 1936 devotion, religion North American Review (1974) 23. Country Men (1937) xii, (1938) 32, (1943) 40, Man and His Field 22, Snake in the Strawberries 14.
4 Invocation Come, you farmers, let us sing together American Prefaces 1936 farming, religion American Prefaces 6 (Autumn 1940) 42. Man and His Field 34, Snake in the Strawberries 22.
5 Meeting a Pheasant Hunter in Our Grove The bush’s shape has been bent by the wind American Prefaces 1940 wind, nature
6 The Movers The east wind whips the skirts of the snow American Prefaces 1937 travelers, faith Rural Roads to Security. (1940) 94-5, Out of the Midwest. (1944) 400, America is West. Ed. John T. Flanagan. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota (1945) 307, Poetry Pilot (Jan. 1962) 9. Country Men (1937) vi, (1938) 26, (1943) 32, Man and His Field 21, Landmark and Other Poems 45, The Good Earth 52.
7 Quarrel In the angry silence American Prefaces 1940 marriage, anger America 27 (Nov. 1965) 671. The Sun at Noon 13, Man and His Field 56.
8 When a Neighbor Dies Safe from loneliness, safe from storm, American Prefaces 1936 death, nature Cedar Falls (Iowa) Record 26 June (1937) 37, Midland Schools 77 (Mar. 1963) 13. Country Men (1937) xv, (1938) 34, (1943) 42, Man and His Field 29, Landmark and Other Poems 15.
9 Winter Shower This morning's miracle shakes my faith American Prefaces 1937 winter, perceptions The Sun at Noon 16, Man and His Field 49.