death
| Title | First Line | Theme(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Burning a Dead Heifer | "This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose," | death animals |
| Crow's Impatience | "After the hay was made and the threshing done," | death birds |
| For A Neighbor Woman | "Early this morning" | death gardening |
| Memorial Day | "It puzzles me to see the stooping people" | flowers death |
| The Harvesters | "Bright was the stubble, the sun that day" | death work |
| Scatter the Petals | "She sleeps as if the mouth of buds," | death mourning |
| The Plowboy | "I’ll plow myself a pillow," | planting death |
| Need for Grass | "Yes, there it was," | death mourning |
| Tired of Earth | "Wind bites dust from the furrows" | farming death |
| The Morning Paper | "The morning paper told" | war death |