Poets/Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

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Father, this year’s jinx rides us apart …

Anne Sexton

We sail out of season into an oyster-gray wind, …

Anne Sexton

I have gone out, a possessed witch, …

Anne Sexton

Everyone in me is a bird. …

Anne Sexton

I am surprised to see …

Anne Sexton

I was thinking of a son. …

Anne Sexton

Wait Mister. Which way is home? …

Anne Sexton

First Psalm …

Anne Sexton

Oh down at the tavern …

Anne Sexton

So it has come to this – …

Anne Sexton

The end of the affair is always death. …

Anne Sexton

My dear, it was a moment …

Anne Sexton

It was only important …

Anne Sexton

1. …

Anne Sexton

Here, …

Anne Sexton

The town does not exist …

Anne Sexton

Gone, I say and walk from church, …

Anne Sexton

Child, the current of your breath is six days long. …

Anne Sexton

The missile to launch a missile …

Anne Sexton

Since you ask, most days I cannot remember. …

Anne Sexton

Concerning your letter in which you ask …

Anne Sexton

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