Man and His Field
| Title | First Line | Theme(s) | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | "The iron teeth of the harrow" | birds, destruction | Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 61. |
| All Anyone Could Say | "The children that we love are busy people" | children, exploration | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 58. |
| Analogy | "It's like digging all day at a buried stone" | poetry, introspection | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 60. |
| Burning a Dead Heifer | "This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose," | death, animals | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 63. |
| Construction | "The hammer voices went on an on" | labor, winter | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 62. |
| Crow's Impatience | "After the hay was made and the threshing done," | death, birds | Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 37. |
| Fact | "I knew a man once who gave up the ghost" | life, suicide | Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 39. |
| Fog | "Waves of the sea's ghost" | weather, defamiliarization | Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 66. |
| For A Neighbor Woman | "Early this morning" | death, gardening | Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 28. |
| Impudence | "Rowdy winter wind," | wind, winter | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 52. |