Fourteen Poems by Anne Sexton

Song Cycle by John Mitchell (b. 1941)

1. The starry night
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The town does not exist
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2. The balance wheel
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Where I waved at the sky
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3. I Remember
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By the first of August
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4. Her kind
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I have gone out, a possessed witch
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5. With mercy for the Greedy
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Concerning your letter in which you ask
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6. Music swims back to me
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Wait Mister. Which way is home?
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7. O Mary, fragile mother
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O Mary, fragile mother
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  • by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), "For the year of the insane", copyright ©

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8. Frenzy
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I am not lazy
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9. Housewife
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Some women marry houses
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10. Small wire
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My faith/ is a great weight
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11. Mr. Mine
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Notice how he has numbered the blue veins
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12. Where it was at back then
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Husband,/ last night I dreamt
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13. Just once
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Just once I knew what life was for
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  • by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), "Just once", copyright ©

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14. In Excelsis
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It is half winter, half spring
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Total word count: 1994