[I] have fantasies of killing myself and thus being the powerful one not the powerless one.
Anne SextonImages are probably the most important part of the poem. First of all you want to tell a story, but images are what are going to shore it up and get to the heart of the matter.
Anne SextonThe grass as bristly and stout as chives and me wondering when the ground will break and me wondering how anything fragile survives
Anne SextonLetters are false really - they are expressions of the way you wish you were instead of the way you are.
Anne Sexton