“I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.”

<p>Eu não vi o mar.
Não sei se o mar é bonito.
Não sei se ele é bravo.
O mar não me importa.</p><p>Eu vi a lagoa.
A lagoa, sim.
A lagoa é grande
e calma também.</p><p>Na chuva de cores
da tarde que explode,
a lagoa brilha.
A lagoa se pinta
de todas as cores.
Eu não vi o mar.
Eu vi a lagoa...</p>

"Lagoa" ["Lake"]
Alguma Poesia [Some Poetry] (1930)

A new progressive internationalism (17 June 2016)
Context: After the horror of 9/11 ‘interventionism’ was increasingly expressed through the paradigms of ‘security’ or ‘counter terrorism’, rather than being grounded firmly in the protection of civilians. And then Labour’s support for military action in Iraq distorted a worthy principle with such devastating impact. The legacy of Iraq – an intervention I was wholly opposed to because it was not fundamentally about protecting civilians – still hangs over us. But Labour can no longer be paralysed by Iraq. We need to learn from its many lessons without forgetting the equally important lessons of Bosnia or Rwanda.

" An Appeal" (1954)
From the Rising of the Sun (1974)

Source: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Source: 1946 - 1963, In conversation with Dora Vallier' (1954), p. 264

Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters

IIII.37, The Arrow. p. 54
1921 - 1930, Pedagogical Sketch Book, (1925)

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 156