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Abrasive Time |
Just think how alert we would all need to be |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
aging, time |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 67. |
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Close Call |
It was anger's shadow dimmed the room |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
anger, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 16. |
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The Flower |
The afternoon bent over |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
love, flowers |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 15. |
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Homecoming |
So let's knock off for the day, I said, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, home |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 39. |
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Keep the Storm Outside |
Rain patters on my roof |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
weather, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 33, Landmark and Other Poems 34. |
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Landscape—Iowa |
No one who lives here |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
land, people |
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Snake in the Strawberries 67, The Good Earth 63., Selected Poems 10 |
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Praise |
When I forced the fat land with seed |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, nature |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 55, Landmark and Other Poems 57 (as "Now I Am Free"). |
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Short Cut |
A short cut, so we said, a different road, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
roaming, countryside |
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9 |
Storm Bound |
Whipped by the blizzard I fled |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
winter, birds |
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10 |
That Kind of a Day |
A kitten plays with a mouse, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
nature, loss |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 24, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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Wonder of Hummingbirds |
Glass cells of red syrup hang |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
birds, amazement |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 68, Landmark and Other Poems 24 (variant). |
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