Music for Seven Poems
| Title | First Line | Theme(s) | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Each Spring | "When ducks print signs in the mud for the farmer to read," | spring, hope | Music For Seven Poems (1958) |
| Lost | "I hear a child crying" | lost, fear | Music for Seven Poems (1958). |
| The Happy Farmer | "This farm where I live" | farming, poverty | Music for Seven Poems (1958). |
| The Hunter | "You cannot kill the white-tailed deer" | hunting, persistence | Music For Seven Poems, 1958. |
| The Plowboy | "I’ll plow myself a pillow," | planting, death | Music for Seven Poems (1958). |
| The Supplicant | "I try, when I awake, on a bright Sunday morning" | rest, Sunday | Music for Seven Poems (1958). |
| Truant | "Little rowdy yellow duck, darting from your mother," | birds, adventure | Music For Seven Poems (1958). |