Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
Anne Sextonwas an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Themes of her poetry include her long battle against depression and mania, suicidal tendencies, and various intimate details from her private life, including her relationships with her husband and children...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 November 1928
CityNewton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
For forty days, for forty nights Jesus put one foot in front of the other and the man he carried, if it was a man, became heavier and heavier.
All considerations for these human remains! They must have an escort! They are classified!
What's the point of fighting the dollars when all you need is a warm bed? When the dog barks you let him in. All we need is someone to let us in. And one other thing: to consider the lilies in the field.
I am out of practice at living. You are as brave as a motorcycle.
The sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
... man is eating the earth up like a candy bar.
O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.
After a disaster strikes, it can be very devastating and very challenging. You're going to need a lot of strength and energy, and the American Red Cross suggests you go for the high protein items.
The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God.
I love the word warm. It is almost unbearable-- so moist and breathlike.
I grow old on my bitterness.
My eyes, those sluts, those whores, would play no more.
There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss.
God is only mocked by believers.