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
Depression is boring, I think and I would do better to make some soup and light up the cave.
Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.
Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the windowscreen....
God owns heaven but He craves the earth.
Rats live on no evil star
She is so naked and singular. She is the sum of yourself and your dream. Climb her like a monument, step after step. She is solid.
Yet love enters my blood like an I.V., dripping in its little white moments.
The soul was not cured, it was as full as a clothes closet of dresses that did not fit.
Need is not quite belief.
Today God gives milk / and I have the pail.
Daylight is nobody's friend. God comes in like a landlord and flashes on his brassy lamp.
We are all writing God's poem.
All who love have lied.
I was spread out dailyand examined for flaws.