"There are indeed all sorts of men/ who……" — Natasha Trethewey
"There are indeed all sorts of men/ who visit here: those who want/ nothing but to talk or hear the soft tones/ of a woman's voice; others prefer/ simply to gaze upon me, my face/ turned from them as they touch/ only themselves. And then there are those,/ of course, whose desires I cannot commit/ to paper."
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Natasha Trethewey
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31 Quotes by Natasha Trethewey
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When you begin to think about the past, you realize how much of it is lost to us.
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I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.
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