Anne Sexton: Poems and Commentary

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

43:57. “It’s very hard to have a happy love poem; something’s got to be wrong. “. So true.

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

3:06. Dr Martin. take two 5:49. Kind Sir 7:36. Music swims back to Me 9:10. Some Foreign Letters 14:40 Her Kind 15:55. The Farmers Wife 17:34. The Expatriate 20:00. Ringing the Bells 21:24. Lullaby 22:30. The Lost Ingredient 24:17. The Road Back 25:25 The Waiting Head (?) 26:50 Elegy in the Classroom 27:40 A Story for Rose 30:34 Tape Reel 2 of Anne reading her poems 30:47 The Double Image 51:25. All my Pretty Ones 55:00. Doors

[@grandmaster2385]

I love her voice and word play

[@shakesrear7850]

Thank you

[@storytelling2889]

Thank you for posting this important literary document!!

[@musicstewart9744]

Thank you for leaving the retakes in.

[@nancyrose8028]

Wonderful, wonderful! Thank you so very much! 😊

[@jazzyvibe]

@Nancy Rose, you should also listen to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnappqcZrqSraM

[@Trystanstar19]

14:45 her kind, one of my favorites, followed by thr farmers wife, another of my favs

[@rievans57]

this little lady could write her arse off!

[@rtt1961]

Major American poetess. Historic recording.

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

47:31. I wish I’d written that line. Dang!

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

I’m starting to wonder if Sylvia deliberately imitated Anne’s voice and poetry style.

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

I’m so jealous of her style and imagination.

[@xyzllii]

I read Sexton's poem Mercy Street on KZbin...Poemsapennyeach.

[@bunnybabybevytv6434]

48min through to the end is worth the rest

[@user-rf8zi6cd1b]

she sounds like sylvia plath reading her poems

[@tatianadekun9087]

A bit . Or at least it makes it understandable why they used to be friends .

[@andrewbrendan1579]

@@tatianadekun9087 I've noticed that both Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath had New England accents. From what I've heard of the two poets I would say that Anne Sexton had an upper-class, almost transatlantic accent, "can't" sound ing like "cahnt". Syvlvia Plath's accent is what I would call more specifically a Boston accent, saying "heart" so it sounds a lot like "hat". It's a pleasure to hear both poets; to hear their actual voices and accents and inflections.

[@dannydreadnought-xk4qx]

0:55

[@starboy2013]

Sexually assaulting her daughter is kind of of deal breaker for me. I prefer my poets not to be involved in incest. But I geuss that is not the truth of it.

[@valvara123]

jack smith I just found out about this recently and I feel completely disenchanted. Yet I can’t find very much info on this online and hardly anyone mentions it in the comment on YT. Where is there more info on this?

[@starboy2013]

I don't think you will. I just googled it.I found her through Peter Gabriel he wrote the song Mercy street inspired by her. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoraaoioqKt9l5Y In thinking more about it. I think it is messed up but people make mistakes you know? Big ones. Most can't be undone. She took her own life and from what I can tell was used by males which is not un-common. I guess what I am saying his Hurt people Hurt people. Can we separate the artist from the art? Most times we cannot. I like to think that there was good in her. I`m a social worker by trade and I guess I see in shades of grey.

[@cherishtheday2223]

Vivian123 To be honest, I’m sure that there are things you’ve done in your life that were not good and could paint your character in a negative light. We’re all human. And although, I do feel the same level of disenchantment after reading hearing her daughter’s story, I still respect her art.

[@Bernillary]

Hearing allegations made about a dead poetess (who cannot reply to the allegations) is a deal breaker . . . for what? which deal? Were you planning on hiring Anne Sexton as a governess or something?

[@efthimiakonstantinides4699]

@@valvara123 her daughter has written a book called Searching for Mercy Street: My journey back to my Mother

[@pinkpanther7030]

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