25 Quotes by Anne Sexton about Poetry
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Watch out for intellect,because it knows so much it knows nothingand leaves you hanging upside down,mouthing knowledge as your heartfalls out of your mouth.
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As it has been said:Love and a coughcannot be concealed.Even a small cough.Even a small love.
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I am stuffing your mouth with yourpromises and watching you vomit them out upon my face.
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Only my books anoint me, and a few friends, those who reach into my veins.
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Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.
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I am God, la de dah.
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Fee-fi-fo-fum -Now I'm borrowed.Now I'm numb.
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That’s what I do: I make coffee and occasionally succumb to suicidal nihilism. But you shouldn’t worry — poetry is still first. Cigarettes and alcohol follow
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The grass as bristly and stout as chives and me wondering when the ground will break and me wondering how anything fragile survives
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