Stem Dead Donors

Famous quotes containing the words stem and/or dead:

    “Bite down
    on the bitter stem of your nectared
    rose, you know
    the dreamy stench of death and fling
    magenta shawls delicately
    about your brown shoulders laughing.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “With this pen I take in hand my selves
    and with these dead disciples I will grapple.
    Though rain curses the window
    let the poem be made.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)