Those Times | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1966
Paul Klee, Girl with Doll, 1930 At sixI lived in a graveyard full of dolls,avoiding myself,my body, the suspectin its...
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Words | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1975
Julia Trigg Be careful of words,even the miraculous ones.For the miraculous we do our best,sometimes they swarm like insectsand leave...
Welcome Morning | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Dollhouse, Fisher Price, 1970's . There is joy in all: in the hair I brush each morning, in the Cannon...
When Man Enters Woman | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Sarah Crowner, The Wave (Electric Orange), 2014 . When man, enters woman, like the surf biting the shore, again and...
Briar Rose [Sleeping Beauty] | Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Konstantin Somov, Sleeping Young Woman, 1922 . Consider a girl who keeps slipping off, arms limp as old carrots, into...
The Wall | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Anne Sexton during her honeymoon at Virginia beach, 1948 . Nature is full of teeth that come in one by...
The Bells | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1928-74
Anne Sexton . Today the circus poster is scabbing off the concrete wall and the children have forgotten if they...
For My Lover, Returning To His Wife | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1968
Paul Klee, Senecio, 1922 She is all there. She was melted carefully down for you and cast up from...
Details from the scrapbook | Anne Sexton, 1948-49
“I think it is time that I put on paper some of my feelings.” Anne Sexton . Sexton Scrapbook, Virginia Beach,...
On [:] Open-heart surgery | Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Anne Sexton: Self portrait“Meanwhile in my head, I'm undergoing open-heart surgery.” Anne Sexton, 1928-1974 Also: For My Lover, Returning To...