Anne Sexton - A Tribute

A great American poet of the second half of the 20th Century. She was part of the "confessional" movement of the 50s and 60s - which continues today - whose poets wrote about personal subjects from sexuality to mental illness, from suicide to abortion, and beyond.

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[mberning1]

Stellar! Thank you.

[dadasopher]

@mberning1 Thank YOU!

[SvevaForever]

@dadasopher, this is a wonderful tribute you've been able to make a summary of the life of Anne Sexton, she is an extraordinary woman. She has lived in the souls of so many wonderful people, she was a very sensitive woman, she was a great artist. thanks because I love Anne Sexton. Thank you very much.

[dadasopher]

@SvevaForever Thank you so much. She was so extraordinary, and her writing still is. Gathering her photographs was a labor of love.

[SvevaForever]

Anne Sexton is my life she is my beginning and my end, I love this woman unique. Thanks

[dadasopher]

@SvevaForever You are very welcome!

[DvoinoiBekar]

thank you for a wonderful tribute. you've selected very nice pictures of Anne Sexton, i like especially those from 2:20 to 2:50. thank you for your work.

[redmark2007]

Somewhere over the rainbow....skies are blue....

[AnneCosta1]

Anne Sexton...my favorite poet, such an inspiration beautiful tribute

[SvevaForever]

@dadasopher, Diane Wood Middlebrook, wrote a biography of Anne Sexton's life and this biography has willed Linda Gray :)

[dadasopher]

@mgwest07 Jane Monheit. I heard her sing this a few years ago at the San Francisco Jazz Festival, in the Masonic Auditorium, and I went out and bought a CD with this piece. She looks as good as she sounds. Very classy.