The town does not exist [ ... ]
Fourteen Poems by Anne Sexton
Song Cycle by John Mitchell (b. 1941)
1. The starry night  [sung text checked 1 time]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), copyright ©
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Where I waved at the sky [ ... ]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), copyright ©
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By the first of August [ ... ]
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I have gone out, a possessed witch [ ... ]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), "Her Kind", appears in To Bedlam and Part Way Back, first published 1960, copyright ©
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Concerning your letter in which you ask [ ... ]
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Wait Mister. Which way is home? [ ... ]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), copyright ©
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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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1 added by Mitchell.
2 omitted by Mitchell.
8. Frenzy  [sung text checked 1 time]
I am not lazy [ ... ]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), copyright ©
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Some women marry houses [ ... ]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), copyright ©
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My faith/ is a great weight [ ... ]
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Notice how he has numbered the blue veins [ ... ]
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1 added by Mitchell.
12. Where it was at back then  [sung text checked 1 time]
Husband,/ last night I dreamt [ ... ]
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- by Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974), copyright ©
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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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It is half winter, half spring [ ... ]
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