Anne Sexton

“Being kissed on the back
of the knee is a moth
at the windowscreen....”
― Anne Sexton, Love Poems

“Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself,
Counting this row and that row of moccasins
Waiting on the silent shelf.”
― Anne Sexton

“the man
inside of woman
ties a knot
so that they will
never again be separate…”
― Anne Sexton

“And we are magic talking to itself,
noisy and alone...”
― Anne Sexton, To Bedlam and Part Way Back

“Yet love enters my blood like an I.V.,
dripping in its little white moments.”
― Anne Sexton

“God owns heaven but He craves the earth.”
― Anne Sexton