Rare Film Clips Of The Poet Anne Sexton

[nerdygurl]

post pardom depression doesn't mean she was crazy, it's a chemical imbalance that messes with the serotonin in the brain.

[ManilaSyndicate]

It's good to see clips of the noted poets. Sexton was talented and attractive but obviously a loon.

[thepassion10]

Nice to see such generosity of Spirit on a Page like this Folks. You really know how to show your begrudgers side don't you lol. What a bunch of narrow-minded losers infest Youtube.

[ebourquetunes]

What a narcissistic exhibitionist.  Read "Searching For Mercy Street - My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton" by her daughter Linda Gray Sexton. It is particularly repulsive to read about Anne stimulating her daughter Linda's privates, openly masturbating in front of her or grinding her naked genitals up againts Linda's pre-teen backside while "spooning" in bed with her. How lovely. Yes, she was bi-polar and an alcoholic but she was also extrodinarliy manipulative and a child molester.

[COUSINCAT]

@ebourquetunes Totally agree - have read the Diane Middlebrook biography 5 times now and I'm still amazed that her repellent, manipulative, narcissistic and - let's be honest - child abuse/incest, is STILL excused by her fans. Frankly, I reckon a lot of her 'illness' (which gave her license to do whatever/whenever she wanted) was bullshit - take the alleged 'disassociative states' or 'trances' that even Middlebrook seems to buy into - what a load of crap! Deeply fucked up? Sure! Truly insane? NO

[ebourquetunes]

@COUSINCAT I agree that her "illness" was probably manipulative. Her daughter says something like "Mother only tried to commit suicide 9 times"..."only"? People who are truly & utterly without hope, due to bi-polar or depression, usually succeed on the1st or 2nd attempt. It's documented fact. I believe it was in Middlebrook's book that when Sexton heard of Plath's suicide she was furious and said something like, "That should have been mine!". What a contrived, self promoting fake.

[ManilaSyndicate]

@ebourquetunes Interesting. For her to have done what she did Sexton was obviously mentally ill. She may have been histrionic.

I agree on Plath - she was the more talented poet though Sexton qualifies as one of America's finest versifiers.

[COUSINCAT]

@ebourquetunes By the way, while I admire some of Sexton's earlier poems, I find her latter stuff the most horrendously, self-conscious, pretentious wank; the sort of stuff that puts non-poetry readers off for life - and rightly so! I know it's not a competition; (tho according to Middlebrook's bio, Sexton definitely perceived Sylvia Plath as a rival), Plath was DEFINITELY the superior talent (and the superior human being as well!)

[Leishalynn]

@COUSINCAT Seriously, the one who stuck her head in an oven is the "superior"?

[COUSINCAT]

@Leishalynn No of course not - silly me! Suicide in your car by carbon-monoxide poisoning is waaay better! At least Plath didn't sexually molest her daughter and then, when requested by said-daughter's therapist to repsect her personal boundaries, petulantly complain that her own shrink said that there could "never be too much love between a parent and child'. My problem with Sexton is not how she DIED but how she LIVED (which I think is pretty obvious from my earlier posts if u've read them)

[theRealCrazyOne]

Beautiful voice... both written and spoken

[60microphonemajesty]

Legendary she is but I once heard somewhere that she use to sexually abuse her daughter or something like that.Idk just something I've heard.She is definitely known throughout the world though.Especially for that chilling voice of hers.

[leloulachai]

Anne sexton, were related actuly my grandmas maden name is Anne sexton I belive she was named affter her but surly the potrey was passed on me and my dad love to do poetry

[InnerPeacePoet]

Sexton was much better than Plath. No contest.

[OrphanedBlood]

@InnerPeacePoet Plath seemed very cold and pretentious in comparison to Sexton. Plath makes me sleepy, whereas Sexton is riveting. 

[Leonmitch]

I agree. Sylvia wrote wonderful words. But Anne's are something almost...tangible...

[InnerPeacePoet]

You can hear it in her poetry, she was very unhappy with her family. I think if she hadn't written confessional poetry she wouldn't have been able to do anything with her life due to her family.

[InnerPeacePoet]

What that old bat just said about Sexton did more damage to the poet than anything Anne could have said in theraphy about her family. I think the ability to tell stories belongs to the old maid who calls Anne a lier. I have not heard the tapes, but I can see the family here in this video paints a poor impression of themselves by being paranoid and trying to cover the truth by making Anne look bad and it is clear here why the poet was so depressed. Her family seem very selfish and jealous.

[rubysson57]

They never seem to live long, do they. Especially the confessional poets.

[redchief16]

Honestly, the level of ignorance astounds me. There is a considerable amount of footage of both Sexton and Sylvia Plath about. The old PBS series "Voices and Visions" has hours worth. Both Plath and Sexton grew up in Boston suburbs, were friends, and studied at the feet of the same poets-- it's no surprise that their likenesses are "remarkable." It would be more remarkable if they weren't. Read and learn.

[TheMrkiller2010]

@redchief16 why she committed a suicide, I loved his poems.

[bonniebardowski]

fantastic

[Uzzie101]

I was looking for the Irish journalist, but I've found an excellent poet :) Could some of you look up my poems? There a link on my page, thanks.

[sneezepal]

She was beautiful---and a beautiful poet.

[oye2a2000]

She is a great Performance Poet

[edumota]

beautifull poetry and wild woman..she had sex until in your name...

[finngirl223]

Great footage - impressive.

[TheOtherChanel]

I feel I can relate to her so well.

She is incredible.

Her and Sylvia Plath.

[strawberrygirrl]

a woman who writes feels to much so true

[marinagipps]

Whatever happened to the HIPAA LAW? ...Geez...

[hartilicious]

very nice!!!!!!

[LovingLifeandWords]

Really wonderful snippets...

[hafeez587]

too much thinking kills you..no need to suicide...

[SvevaForever]

Fantastic, Anne Sexton is poetry there is nothing better than Anne Sexton

[giesweinp]

Thanks so much for sharing this rare footage--I'm both a fan and a professor of literature, so it adds that authenticity to poetry, which should be spoken by the poet.

[57kellygirl]

She is a beauty.....

[BeatBuddy]

I thought her biography by Diane Middlebrook was excellent.

[fullblowngenius]

The Mold that gave us Bob Dylan, Lenny Bruce, Hendrix, Bergman, Rimbaud, Morrison (Jim), and all the other monumentals who've given me my courage to create myself. PBS has been bogarting this one forever! Danke!!!!

[Nickfromglasgow]

Thanks for posting this; a rare opportunity to view her speaking. Much appreciated

[gnulebin]

This is so good. You tube is increible, lo que viene a traer. Vi a Kerouac, a Paramahasa Yogananda, a Alan Watts, escuche a PLath. You tube hizo que aquellos escritos que lei por año tuviran cara y voz. Gracias queda corto pero la vida es corta y vale la pena. A you tube y a mishima 1970, grazie.

[PlaidBoy]

I love Sexton. Was Lara Flynn Boyle's character in Happiness a parody of her? I just thought of that when I saw that picture of her as a model.

[leontimmermans]

i just love her words so dark , an open wound

yet full of poetic beauty

[lagatainsomne]

Mishima quién quiera que seas, Gracias por este video y por los de Sylvia Plath y ted hughes

[lebomatseke]

i discovered her this afternoon. i opened a pg and the poem hit me like a bullet. she was saying all that i was feeling in 13 stanzes. 3 months of an emotional rolercoster in one poem. AMAZING!

[thepxii]

hmm what poem was that?

[WayneThePoet]

"Her Kind"

[redtsika]

thank you.

[pantherinsnow]

Second time in a week YouTube has shown me something I had hardly expected to see. Sexton is among my most beloved poets, and it was fascinating to see her read her own work. She has such an expressive face, and those eyes are both chilling and heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing this.

[alpaslanekrem]

thank you, and billions thanks man! that was the great documentary of Ane sexton and you did the best help for my course presentation.. I appreciate your interest...

thanks a lot again and again

[sneezepal]

Beautiful---both the poet and her work.

[Calchica]

she is such a force. thank you so much for this video!

[lucnog1]

brave mishima

[jerrypwjr]

"My friend, my friend" this made the hair on my arms stand up. Thank you a million times thank you!!!

[Xiansiempre]

Wow Anne is so surreal in these videos. It's strange to see her. Thank you so much.

[zoeism]

i love her. so much.

[nivia]

Thanks so much for sharing this!

[ad1968]

Oh god I have waited for this! It's great to see her in action! Viva Anne!

[venusknife]

her voice reminds me of my grandmother, its a haunting i can't shake. i love her

[Pinkribbonscars]

Wow! Where'd you find this, it's amazing! It's a shame that we don't have any video footage of sylvia plath reading.

[LukeK79]

Thank you so much - youtube gets better and better!

[prestolovesvarla]

What A revelation! Thanx. Makes a change from the usual youtube shite... people falling off skateboards etc. :)

[juxtapotato]

a big, big fan.

[ghhmaf]

Thank you very much for posting this. :)

[azaliasnail]

eloquent & supremely elegant; too fragile soul.

[jhebs]

Such an AMAZING Poet