my god, i thought i was the only anne sexton fan in the world. she wrote one of my all time favorite poems.

serenamatthews:

Rare footage of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Anne Sexton.. who, after repeated failed attempts, sadly took her own life by carbon monoxide poisoning in 1974.

In an interview over a year before her death, she explained she had written the first drafts of The Awful Rowing Toward God in twenty days with “two days out for despair and three days out in a mental hospital.”  She went on to say that she would not allow the poems to be published before her death.

To watch her recite poetry is like walking into a lonely old dream and wishing upon every star in the heavens for a chance to stay there.. just awhile longer.