Poems by Natasha Trethewey
Miscegenation
... as slaves, the train slicing the white glaze of winter, leaving Mississippi ...
Flounder
... I stood there watching that fish flip-flop, ...
Elegy for the Native Guards
... All the grave markers, all the crude headstones&mdash ...
History Lesson
... I am alone except for my grandmother, other side ...
South
... of rows, whose sweat flecked the cotton plants ...
Theories of Time and Space
... Cross over the man-made beach, 26 miles of sand ...
Incident
... It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns ...
Myth
... It’s as if you slipped through some rift, a hollow ...
Providence
... I recall how we huddled all night in our small house, ...
Letter Home
... --New Orleans, November 1910Four weeks have passed since I left, and still ...
Domestic Work, 1937
... the lid to--that look sayingLet's make a change, girl ...
