Thursday, November 5, 2009

From: "The Black Art"

"A woman who writes feels too much,
those trances and portents!
As if cycles and children and islands
weren't enough; as if mourners and gossips
and vegetables were never enough.
She thinks she can warn the stars.
A writer is essentially a spy.
Dear love, I am that girl."

Man, I love me some Anne Sexton.

5 comments:

  1. A woman who writes is a cool thing indeed.

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  2. Damn that feeling too much. I'm gonna go warn the stars that Marie Devers is about to outshine them. :)

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  3. How awesome. Poets amaze me. They can say soooo much with very little words. True artists.

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  4. Those are really beautiful lines. Thanks for posting.

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  5. Anne Sexton was some wicked amazing poet. Love her. Love this. Inspiring.

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