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FAMINE ROAD by EAVAN BOLAND

Poet Analysis

First Line: IDLE AS TROUT IN LIGHT COLONEL JONES
Last Line: NOW IF NOT A FAMINE ROAD?

Poem Sources:

THE FABER BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY WOMEN'S POETRY.
  ADCOCK, FLEUR (ED.)
  (1987)
 
AN ORIGIN LIKE WATER; COLLECTED POEMS 1967-1987.
  BOLAND, EAVAN
  (1996)
 



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