Poetry Quote by Anne Sexton — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”

“As it has been said:”

“Those moments before a poem comes, when the heightened awareness comes over you, and you realize a poem is buried there somewhere, you prepare yourself. I run around, you know, kind of skipping around the house, marvelous elation. It’s as though I could fly.”

“Many women are singing together of this:”

“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”

“Live or die, but don't poison everything.”

“From the time I began to read, as a child, I loved to feel their heft in my hand and the warm spot caused by their intimate weight in my lap; I loved the crisp whisper of a page turning, the musky odor of old paper and the sharp inky whiff of new pages. Leather bindings sent me into ecstasy. I even loved to gaze at a closed book and daydream about the possibilities inside.”

“I’m so pathetically intense. I just can’t be any other way.”

“How to Write a Poem”

“Chase your stars fool, life is short.”

“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,”

“When it over, I want to say:all my life”