You must be a poet,
a lady of evil luck
desiring to be what you are not,
longing to be
what you can only visit.


The Awful Rowing Toward God (ed. 1975)

Anne Sexton Quotes

You must be a poet, a lady of evil luck desiring to be what you are not, longing to be what you can only visit.

You must be a poet, a lady of evil luck desiring to be what you are not, longing to be what you can only visit.

You must be a poet, a lady of evil luck desiring to be what you are not, longing to be what you can only visit.

You must be a poet, a lady of evil luck desiring to be what you are not, longing to be what you can only visit.