The Fury of Sunsets : Anne Sexton : Evening Poems : :

The Fury Of Sunsets : : By Anne Sexton ( 1928 – 1974 ) , Newton, Massachusetts : : : : : : : : Somethingcold is in the air,an aura of iceand phlegm. 1All day I’ve builta lifetime and nowthe sun sinks toundo it. 2The horizon bleedsand sucks its thumb. 3The little red thumbgoesContinue reading “The Fury of Sunsets : Anne Sexton : Evening Poems : :”

Lady Lazarus : SYLVIA PLATH : : Death Poems : :

Lady LazarusBY SYLVIA PLATHI have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it—— A sort of walking miracle, my skin Bright as a Nazi lampshade, My right foot A paperweight,My face a featureless, fine Jew linen. Peel off the napkin O my enemy. Do I terrify?—— The nose, the eye pits, theContinue reading “Lady Lazarus : SYLVIA PLATH : : Death Poems : :”

Mother and Poet : ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING : : Death Poems : :

Mother and PoetBY ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNINGI.Dead ! One of them shot by the sea in the east,And one of them shot in the west by the sea.Dead ! both my boys ! When you sit at the feastAnd are wanting a great song for Italy free,Let none look at me ! II.Yet I was aContinue reading “Mother and Poet : ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING : : Death Poems : :”

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