Best Sexton Poems
Below are the all-time best Sexton poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sexton poems written by PoetrySoup members
Call Your MotherCall Your Mother
Pick up the phone...
do it now.
If you can.
Later if you must,
I trust that you,
know the difference.
She never put you...
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Categories:
sexton, abuse, confidence, earth, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
DismantledI am a collection of dismantled almosts. -Anne Sexton
Locked in a memory I labeled 'Remember When"
are scraps and bits of what might...
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Categories:
sexton, emotions,
Form:
Verse
Backhand
"Backhand"
You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall
To make sense of it...
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Categories:
sexton, child abuse, mother daughter,
Form:
Free verse
The ContestThe Contest
I would like to enter,
and sometimes I do.
Occasionally I even win,
to my surprise.
How cool!
The true rule,
to every fool,
or pirate...
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Categories:
sexton, america, friendship, hero, homework,
Form:
Narrative
Sunset SpiritSunset Spirit
Close your eyes,
and stop thinking.
Take a moment...
breathe.
God is already beside you.
He has always been there.
It is you,
that must slow...
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Categories:
sexton, angel, death, grief, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
FearFear
It is a very small demon.
It is a tiny monster,
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get.
It is the one that hides,...
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Categories:
sexton, angel, bible, creation, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
ButterflyButterfly
Butterfly sweet,
lovely wings of gossamer gold.
Stretch your tips to the stars,
as that is the reality of freedom.
Glide for hours above the...
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Categories:
sexton, butterfly, cancer, confusion, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
AndAnd
Goat heads, cockleburs, and cow pies.
These are the things
we live with, in the country.
Some you step on,
some travel in your clothes,...
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Categories:
sexton, adventure, christian, creation, garden,
Form:
Free verse
God Like, Not So Different
“God like, not so different”
She wrote,
“where do you go to my lovely?”
my response,
“I sink into the screen
like a scream queen goddess,
I...
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Categories:
sexton, muse,
Form:
Narrative
The Virus Coronavirus Covid 19"V"irus now controlling the world.
"I"n every home changes are coming.
"R"un to the store to get what you need.
"U"se peace not fear to escape the stress.
"S"un...
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Categories:
sexton, death, prayer, world,
Form:
Acrostic
Puzzles In PinkPuzzles in Pink
Yesterday is just a dream.
I took you everywhere,
but you... do not remember.
My little one,
you cried and cried.
We went...
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Categories:
sexton, childhood, daughter, heaven, holiday,
Form:
Ballad
CocklebursCockleburs
Small green weeds,
with little seed pots,
that stick to your socks.
They travel with you,
to the next place,
that God wants them to...
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Categories:
sexton, cute, december, grave, irony,
Form:
Narrative
Chameleons“Chameleons”
Chameleons
many shades
of blue
pretty beautiful
things given time
change their colours
not so
delphinium
belladonna blue
Blue sky
hypnotises
blooms
face to the sun
smiling to
wave Apollo in
subtle fragrance...
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Categories:
sexton, blue, dark, muse, sky,
Form:
Narrative
White TigerWhite Tiger
Giant beast,
un-caged power of destruction,
taking apart my life one day at a time.
Ever-growing and living off,
the suffering of my apparent...
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Categories:
sexton, abuse, anxiety, divorce, growing
Form:
Free verse
In a World That Has Gone MadWe are living in a world that has gone mad,
a world that is now filled with fear.
Love is now been replaced with me,
I must get...
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Categories:
sexton, fear, sick, world,
Form:
Free verse