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4 mar 2020 · From sonnets and traditional ballads to free verses shot through with the syncopated attitude of blues, these poems tells the story of black women's work. "Winner of the 1999 Cave Canem Poetry Prize." Lillian Smith Book Award, 2001.
This short poem takes us back to 1937 to see domestic work through the lens of a woman who did housework both for others and for herself.
Poem 025: Domestic Work, 1937. All week she's cleaned someone else's house, stared down her own face in the shine of copper— bottomed pots, polished wood, toilets she'd pull the lid to—that look saying Let's make a change, girl.
Domestic Work 1937. By: Natasha Trethewey. All week she's cleaned. someone else's house, stared down her own face. in the shine of copper--. bottomed pots, polished. wood, toilets she'd pull. the lid to--that look saying.
underscores the multiplicity of meanings in the title Domestic Work, a phrase that extends to family relationships and also to the impact of Trethewey's mixed-race heritage on her creative work.
23 paź 2021 · Natasha Trethewey’s poem “Domestic Work, 1937” gives an impression of life for women in 1937. The poem tells the story of a woman who evidently cleans houses for a living all week long and only has one day off a week to take care of her own house.
Natasha Trethewey is an American poet and author of five collections of poetry. The first of these was published in 2000 titled Domestic Work. It won the Cave Canem Prize. Her poetry is known for its vivid imagery and the blending of styles and structures.
