Poems by Anne Sexton
Knee Song
... lashes something two zippos ...
The Consecrating Mother
... The big deep knows the law as it wears its gray hat, ...
Raccoon
... clanging the garbage pail like great silver bells ...
The Break
... when I cried, "Wait for my courage!" they smokedand then they placed me, tied me up on their plate, ...
The Assassin
... I mold out his last look at everyone ...
The Fury Of Jewels And Coal
... an ore-cell. He has gone with his lamp ...
The Earth Falls Down
... and not one of them can be left alone with the ocean ...
The Doctor Of The Heart
... You ought to have more respect!you with the goo on the suction cup ...
The Exorcists
... I swear, I most solemnly swear, on all the bric-a-bracof summer loves, I know ...
Crossing The Atlantic
... I go her way. She will run East, knot by knot, over an old bloodstream, ...
Bayonet
... to carve him onto a sculpture until he is white ...
Where It Was At Back Then
... "A miracle," you said and we laughed ...
The Balance Wheel
... I see them bend the air, slipping away, for what birds seek ...
The Fury Of God's Goodbye
... who walks out when you're clean ...
The Division Of Parts
... floats up over my Christian home, wearing his straight ...
