Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRAPERY FACTORY, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 1956, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She made the trip daily, though Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Housekeeping | ||||||||
She made the trip daily, though later she would not remember how far to tell the grandchildren- Better that way. She could keep those miles a secret, and her black face and black hands, and the pink bottoms of her black feet an minor inconvenience. She does remember the men she worked for, and that often she sat side by side with white women, all of them bent over, pushing into the hum of machines, their right calves tensed against the pedals. Her lips tighten speaking of quitting time when the colored women filed out slowly to have their purses checked, the insides laid open and exposed by the boss's hand. But then she laughs when she recalls the soiled Kotex she saved, stuffed into a bag in her purse, and Adam's look on one white man's face, his hand deep in knowledge. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EMPRESS HOTEL POEMS by ANSELM HOLLO COLLECTION DAY by NATASHA TRETHEWEY ACCOUNTING by NATASHA TRETHEWEY AMATEUR FIGHTER by NATASHA TRETHEWEY AT THE OWL CLUB, NORTH GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 1950 by NATASHA TRETHEWEY AT THE STATION by NATASHA TRETHEWEY CARPENTER BEE by NATASHA TRETHEWEY DOMESTIC WORK, 1937 by NATASHA TRETHEWEY |
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