Poetry

Title First Line Theme(s) Original Citation
Frost "Though nothing came that could be heard" fall, death

Poetry 36 (Summer 1930) 320.

Clover Swaths "My eyes are cloudy with death." youth, death

Poetry 40 (Aug. 1932) 249.

Fall Plowing "The claim the stubble had no longer defends" fall, death

Poetry 43 (Jan. 1934) 189.

Barns In November "Along an empty road I watched the barns" winter, harvest

Poetry 47 (Nov. 1935) 67.

Inquiry "Now catch your breath and hear the softly rounded" promise, resurrection

Poetry 47 (November 1935) 69.

The Grail "The snow falls like flakes of light-" faith, religion

Poetry 47 (Nov. 1935) 68.

After the Son Died "The trees follow two sides of a square" death, impermanence

Poetry 56 (Aug 1940) 262.

False Warning "The meadow has lost its features and the grove" wilderness, winter

Poetry (56 Aug. 1940) 261.

Morning Song "I often think of night as a wave lifting me into the morning" morning, love

Poetry 56 (Aug. 1940) 260.

The Same in This As Other Lands "He bows his head against the wind" farming, work

Poetry 56 (Aug 1940) 263.

The Sun at Noon "No country leads so softly to nowhere" mortality, appreciation

Poetry 56 (Aug. 1940) 260.

The Fence Row "A ripple of ground still show the line where" division, memory

Poetry 60 (July 1942) 201.

Burn the Cocoons "The sun waits in the sky for me" farming, planting

Poetry 64 (May 1944) 78.

The Oracle "The oracle whose customer I am" uncertainty, foretelling

Poetry 78 (August 1951) 274.

Landmark "The road wound back among the hills of mind" memory, impermanence

Poetry 100 (Sept. 1962) 367.

Limited View "The clutter and ruck of the stubble publish the time" farming, work

Poetry 100 (Sept. 1962) 368.

Behind the Stove "It takes more than wind and sleet to" affair, desire

Poetry 106 (Sept. 1965) 407.

Forsythia "You said, take a few dry" flowers, surprise

Poetry 106 (Sept. 1965) 406.

Hen Pheasant "Dusk fills the grove and seeps" farming, birds

Poetry 106 (Sept. 1965) 405.

Hard Way to Learn "A trickle of water from" farming, knowledge Poetry 134.1 (April 1979) 17.
No Nightingales, No Nymphs "The imperatives of spring" spring, work Poetry 134 (April 1979) 18.