it has to be a 20th century poet
2007-03-19 08:55:15 · 4 answers · asked by ruberduckyyourthe1 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hey Rubber Duckie Your'e the One,
Here are some poems on insanity. You have to go to the sites, because they are too voluminous for this space. Seems it is a popular topic, hmm.
2007-03-19 09:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Sexton - Anna Who Was Mad
Anna who was mad,
I have a knife in my armpit.
When I stand on tiptoe I tap out messages.
Am I some sort of infection?
Did I make you go insane?
Did I make the sounds go sour?
Did I tell you to climb out the window?
Forgive. Forgive.
Say not I did.
Say not.
Say.
Speak Mary-words into our pillow.
Take me the gangling twelve-year-old
into your sunken lap.
Whisper like a buttercup.
Eat me. Eat me up like cream pudding.
Take me in.
Take me.
Take.
Give me a report on the condition of my soul.
Give me a complete statement of my actions.
Hand me a jack-in-the-pulpit and let me listen in.
Put me in the stirrups and bring a tour group through.
Number my sins on the grocery list and let me buy.
Did I make you go insane?
Did I turn up your earphone and let a siren drive through?
Did I open the door for the mustached psychiatrist
who dragged you out like a gold cart?
Did I make you go insane?
From the grave write me, Anna!
You are nothing but ashes but nevertheless
pick up the Parker Pen I gave you.
Write me.
Write.
There are 172 of her poems most dealing with insanity.
2007-03-19 16:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by bomullock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Emily Dickenson or Sylvia Plath should cover it. C.
2007-03-19 16:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're coming to get me. A silly song from the Sixties.
2007-03-19 15:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋