"How To Be A Lady"

Ava
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Columbia County, NY

Ava Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School Columbia County, New York "How To Be A Lady" "Poetry on Their Terms, Winners of The 2013 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest" is an event and poetry anthology sponsored by The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP).

I am a girl who has done no wrong.
I have been good and correct.
I try to never sing a different song
And I have usually been successful.

I am accustomed to sitting still.
I have been pure and clean.
I try to never show my will
And I have usually been successful.

I keep my corset laced very tight.
I do not dance or sing.
I try to hide with all my might
And I have usually been successful.