Kate, as I've mentioned on another thread, the Collected Francis, and a subsequent short volume called Late Fire, Late Snow, have remained in print, so far as I know, thanks to the University of Massachusetts Press. While the work is uneven, there are a number of superb poems—at least thirty that compare well with anything by Frost or Dickinson, and scores more that are lovely and arresting
Richard, I neglected to mention, apropos your earlier comment on the cows, that I would assume Francis had actually seen a herd in that odd posture, facing in two directions (south and west, not east and west, hence not symmetrical). Francis was a keen observer, and was probably attracted by the oddity, since cattle usually face the same direction when standing in a wind.
Alan
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