Ocupation: Poet
Life: November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974
Birthday: November 9
Death: October 4
Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.
source: Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
topic: Taken, Carpe Diem, Keys, Nursery Rhymes