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LAND PENSIONS by HELEN DUNMORE

First Line: THE LAND PENSIONS, LIKE ROCKETS
Last Line: ON THIN CHIPPED FLINT-AND-BONE LAND %A NITRATE RIVER LACES THE GREY WHEAT %PENSIONING OFF CHALK ACRE

Poem Sources:

SHORT DAYS, LONG NIGHTS; NEW & SELECTED POEMS.
  DUNMORE, HELEN
  (1991)
 
OUT OF THE BLUE.
  DUNMORE, HELEN
  (2002)
 



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