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WHAT THE LIGHT WAS LIKE by AMY CLAMPITT

First Line: EVERY YEAR IN JUNE -- UP HERE, THAT'S THE MONTH FOR LILACS
Last Line: POIGNANT TO EXCESS WITH FRAGRANCE, THIS YEAR WE HAVEN'T %SEEN THE HUMMINGBIRD

Poem Sources:

THE FABER BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY WOMEN'S POETRY.
  ADCOCK, FLEUR (ED.)
  (1987)
 
COLLECTED POEMS.
  CLAMPITT, AMY
  (1997)
 



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