Geraldine Connolly Black Poems
- 1. Procession Of All Souls
Gnarled and blessed
be the hour of autumn
when spotted pears sink
into wet sod, and blessed be
... - 2. Lydia
There was life before us
my sister and I discovered
looking at photographs
... - 3. Blue Bridge
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... - 4. New Territory
Sent off to boarding school
at twelve, with a pair of oxfords,
a pair of patents, my sterling
silver christening rosary
... - 5. Regrets
Out of their secret places
in autumn, from under
dark logs and smooth gravestones
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