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Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on November 9, 1928. She was educated at Garland Junior College and then Radcliffe, and also studied with, and was heavily influenced by, Robert Lowell at Boston

Fury of Earth, The

by Anne Sexton (1928–74)

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The day of fire is coming, the thrush

will fly ablaze like a little sky rocket,

You will have to polish up the stars

with Bab-o and find a new God

as the earth empties out

into the gnarled hands of the old redeemer.

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