Absent Place -- an April Day --

Absent Place -- an April Day --
Daffodils a-blow
Homesick curiosity
To the Souls that snow --
Drift may block within it
Deeper than without --
Daffodil delight but
Him it duplicate --

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American poet known for her unconventional use of form and syntax. Most of her work was published posthumously.

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