Natasha Trethewey

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Elegy For The Native Guards Comments

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We leave Gulfport at noon; gulls overhead
trailing the boat—streamers, noisy fanfare—
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Natasha Trethewey

island soldier Elements Daughters Hurricane elegy

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Susan Williams 03 March 2016

Masterful. I can detect not a word out of place, a phrase left out, an emotion left untouched. I wish I had a tenth of her talent but at least I have heart enough to be undone by her poetry

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