Anne Sexton Poems on Night (51 Poems)

The Addict (Anne Sexton Poems)

Sleepmonger,deathmonger,with capsules in my palms each night,eight at a time from sweet pharmaceutical bottlesI make arrangements for a pint-sized journey.I'm ...

Us (Anne Sexton Poems)

I was wrapped in blackfur and white fur andyou undid me and thenyou placed me in gold lightand then you ...

The Kiss (Anne Sexton Poems)

My mouth blooms like a cut.I've been wronged all year, tediousnights, nothing but rough elbows in themand delicate boxes of ...

As It Was Written (Anne Sexton Poems)

Earth, earth,riding your merry-go-roundtoward extinction,right to the roots,thickening the oceans like gravy,festering in your caves,you are becoming a latrine.Your trees ...

Young (Anne Sexton Poems)

A thousand doors agowhen I was a lonely kidin a big house with fourgarages and it was summeras long as ...

Just Once (Anne Sexton Poems)

Just once I knew what life was for.In Boston, quite suddenly, I understood;walked there along the Charles River,watched the lights ...

Bat (Anne Sexton Poems)

His awful skin stretched out by some tradesman is like my skin, here between my fingers, a kind of webbing, ...

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