Women tell time by the body. They are like clocks. They are always fastened to the earth, listening for its small animal noises.
Anne SextonEmerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.
Anne SextonThe sea is mother-death and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
Anne SextonI’ll put it out there: I am scarred by the nostalgic indicipherability of my own desires; I an engulfed by the intimidating unknown, pushed through darkness and dragged down by the irretrievable past sweetness of my memories.
Anne Sexton