This is what poems are: with mercy for the greedy, they are… — Anne Sexton

"This is what poems are: with mercy for the greedy, they are the tongue's wrangle, the world's pottage, the rat's star."

Anne Sexton Poet, Author

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Source: Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.58, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her confessional style, exploring themes of mental illness and love in works like 'Live or Die'.

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