Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts – October 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts) was an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967. Themes of her poetry include her suicidal tendencies, long battle against depression and various intimate details from her private life, including her relationships with her husband and children.
Read more about Anne Sexton: Early Life and Family, Poetry, Death, Content and Themes of Work, Subsequent Controversy
Famous quotes by anne sexton:
“I love the word warm.
It is almost unbearable—
so moist and breathlike.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Mother,
you and God
float with the same belly
up.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“the grave,
so humble, so willing to be beat upon
with its awful lettering and
the body lying underneath
without an umbrella.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Once upon a time we were all born,
popped out like jelly rolls
forgetting our fishdom,
the pleasuring seas,
the country of comfort,
spanked into the oxygens of death....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“It comes in, falling to its knees
but we can’t translate the language.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)