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In the mood for some Anne
July 24, 2015
Hey guys and gals, this is one of the poems I read over and over because every time I read it
it changes like this bloody Montreal weather forecast, like my moods. Enjoy the poem and try
not to analyze too much. Let it flow.
Love to you all and thanks for reading. In five days will see the ocean and be on vacay so I wish everyone a great rest of the summer and will be on and off/ inconsistent / but always here.
Cheers
Chrissy x
Us by Anne Sexton
I was wrapped in black fur and white fur and you undid me and then you placed me in gold light and then you crowned me, while snow fell outside the door in diagonal darts. While a ten-inch snow came down like stars in small calcium fragments, we were in our own bodies (that room that will bury us) and you were in my body (that room that will outlive us) and at first I rubbed your feet dry with a towel because I was your slave and then you called me princess. Princess! Oh then I stood up in my gold skin and I beat down the psalms and I beat down the clothes and you undid the bridle and you undid the reins and I undid the buttons, the bones, the confusions, the New England postcards, the January ten o'clock night, and we rose up like wheat, acre after acre of gold, and we harvested, we harvested.
Christina Strigas
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Hope you have a great time, Chrissy. 🙂
Thank you Richard. x
Welcome 🙂
Vacation and the ocean are good for the soul! Enjoy. Wonderful writing as always Chrissy:-)
I just read the second book by Anne sexton’s daughter. Loved this.
I haven’t read her work. will look into it. which one?
It is by Linda grey Sexton she wrote two. The most recent is the best. Its called legacy of suicide bit don’t let the title put u PFF there’s a lot to it. Xx
Thanks will check it out.
hey poet, I’ve accepted a writing challenge and I am nominating you; the info is on my latest blog post. I hope to connect with you there and that you’re up for the challenge of posting a poem and quote a day, for 3 days!
hey poet, i would love to do it, but leaving for vacation and no time but will check it out anyways and try my best, but no promises. thanks for thinking of moi. x
safe travels.
thank you 🙂