“Craft is a trick you make up to let you write the poem.”
Quote by Anne Sexton
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Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her confessional and autobiographical poetry. Her works delved deeply into personal pain, family relationships, and social issues, profoundly influencing 20th-century poetry. more
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“I wonder if the artist ever lives his life--he is so busy recreating it.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self Portrait in Letters
“Fear / a motor, / pumps me around and around / until I fade slowly.”
“Mood can be as important as sense.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
“But my future is a secret. / It is as shy as a mole.”
Source: Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
“I cannot walk an inch / without trying to walk to God.”
Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God
“Today God gives milk / and I have the pail.”
Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God
“To be without God is to be a snake / who wants to swallow an elephant.”
Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God