Sexton

Famous quotes containing the word sexton:

“The hope that suddenly overflows the cesspool?
The love that goes down the drain like spit?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“My faith
is a great weight
hung on a small wire,
as doth the spider
hang her baby on a thin web.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“I’ll
vacuum up my stale hair, I’ll
pay all my neighbors’ bad debts, I’ll
write a poem called Yellow and put
my lips down to drink it up....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)