Poet who taught at Amherst College (5)

I believe the answer is:

frost

(Other definitions for frost that I've seen before include "Hoar" , "RD Wingfield's detective" , "Ice crystals forming a white deposit" , "Chilly feeling" , "Frozen deposit" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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