Geraldine Connolly

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Geraldine Connolly School Poems

  • 1.
    to lengthen my hemlines and straighten
    my morals

    because I was difficult
    ...
  • 2.
    Sent off to boarding school
    at twelve, with a pair of oxfords,
    a pair of patents, my sterling
    silver christening rosary
    ...
  • 3.
    Out of their secret places
    in autumn, from under

    dark logs and smooth gravestones
    ...
Total 3 School Poems by Geraldine Connolly

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