Quote by: Anne Sexton

Those moments before a poem comes, when the heightened awareness comes over you, and you realize a poem is buried there somewhere, you prepare yourself. I run around, you know, kind of skipping around the house, marvelous elation. It’s as though I could fly.


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Author Bio


  • NameAnne Sexton
  • Descriptionpoet from the United States
  • AliasesAnne Gray Harvey
  • BornNovember 9, 1928
  • DiedOctober 4, 1974
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author
  • WorksLive Or Die
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry