Anne Sexton

1928-1974 / Female / American
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************ at FortyI was thinking of a son. / The womb is not a clock / nor a bell tolling,
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Again And Again And AgainYou said the anger would come back / just as the love did. / I have a black look I do not
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Love Letter Written In A Burning BuildingI am in a crate, the crate that was ours, / full of white shirts and salad greens, / the icebox knocking at our delectable knocks,
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The Interrogation Of The Man Of Many HeartsWho's she, that one in your arms? / She's the one I carried my bones to / and built a house that was just a cot
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Suicide Note"You speak to me of narcissism but I reply that it is / a matter of my life" - Artaud / "At this time let me somehow bequeath all the leftovers
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When Man Enters WomanWhen man, / enters woman, / like the surf biting the shore,
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CinderellaYou always read about it: / the plumber with twelve children / who wins the Irish Sweepstakes.
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HousewifeSome women marry houses. / It's another kind of skin; it has a heart, / a mouth, a liver and bowel movements.
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RapunzelA woman / who loves a woman / is forever young.
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The Poet Of IgnorancePerhaps the earth is floating, / I do not know. / Perhaps the stars are little paper cutups
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