Snake in the Strawberries
| Title | First Line | Theme(s) | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Misery Bleeds | "A misery bleeds inside of me" | Depression, frustration | Snake in the Strawberries. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 1979. 52. |
| A Secret to Live By | "In the attic of my mind" | memory, revelation | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 10. |
| Arrogance of Things | "The growth of the cornfield today" | death, materiality | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 8. |
| But the Earth Abides | "The windmill squeaks, flaps broken vanes," | renewal, entropy | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 9. |
| Dragon Lesson | "This country needs live dragons," | integrity, peace | Snake in the Strawberries. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 1979. 100. |
| Grandfather and the Evangelist | "A tent with a platform and with folding chairs," | religion, experience | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 6. |
| Here and There | "It's true the days are longer," | spring, despair | Snake in the Strawberries. Ames: Iowa State University Press. 1979. 47. |
| Land of Beginnings | "The door you once closed lets you slip through" | time, farming | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 3. |
| Need For Magic | "After a lonely night and an empty day" | loss, longing | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 11. |
| No Symbols | "The barn's warm breath" | birth, meaning | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 12. |
| Not to Be Overlooked | "We had a bull calf born premature," | surprise, validation | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 7. |
| Retirement Time Is the Time to Retire | "About twilight, swallows stitched" | retirement, aging | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 5. |
| Something Not Tamed in Us | "Early this winter morning" | birds, charity | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 4. |
| To Build a Fence | "We stretch a barbed wire from corner post" | fences, labor | Snake in the Strawberries (1979) 6. |