A Single Focus by James Hearst The Prairie Press, Iowa City, Iowa, 1967 Contents Forsythia Wren in the Vervain Words of a Season Wilderness Token Metamorphosis The Farmer's Season Close the Accounts Wilderness Ways False Warning Propped Apple Tree Hen Pheasant In Doubt Line Between Seasons Karma The Wasted Corner Common Ground Three Sides to a Farm A Place to Sit Time's Flail Before Frost What Shall We Do? The Search Marred Home Place Quarrel's Echo Trials of Ownership Forewarned Buried Seeds Progress Tasters The Balance Men Give More Than Promises Behind the Stove Little Bull Cold's Verdict Love's Survival Claim of Two Countries Plea for Single Focus Love's Apostate Signed by Your Kiss Cold Snap Love's Ways Undertow The Change The Meeting Unearned Gift The Storm Love in Autumn Bowed Strength Intruder Elegy Conservative Apple Harvest The Hunter The New Calf November The Return Flight Ownership
