Name: The Touch by Anne Sexton (Read by Ellen Webre) by Ellen Webre
Duration: 2 min 12 s
Description: Anne Sexton's confessional verse in this poem speaks of hope for new love. She was one of the 1970s tragic poet suicides, whose work expressed all her light and darkness.

LYRICS

You were not a cathedral, love,
I knew that when I met you
But I still wear this ring around my thumb
And even though I do my best
To find you in the quietness
Less often now, oh I still bite my tongue

And summer comes in waves
But I never felt safe
Maybe it's not the same
So give it a different name
Oh, I try to tell you
But my words rot before they're ripe

They were born at the wrong time

And now four hundred years have passed
Since last October burnt her last
But you never cared, and now you never will
I dreamt I was an astronaut
Then I woke up and I forgot, but
In the dawn, the moon was rising still

And autumn comes in waves
But still I don't feel safe
Maybe they're not the same
So give one a different name
Oh, I tried to warn you,
But my words were all born freaks

They all looked just like me

The lamplight like a swarm of bees
Comes pouring through the centuries
Tonight I'll sing her songs about the moon
And you are like a telescope
Turned wrong way round, held much too close
I never sang this aria for you

And winter goes in waves
And even this will break
No more of these golden flames
No more of this crumbling name
Oh, please tell my daughter
She has her mother's face

But somehow she'll be safe

The years will go in waves
But she'll live to see the day
Maybe she's not the same
But she'll find a different name
Tonight, I will sing her
The loveliest lullaby

And she'll turn out all right

Aria (Salem, MA)

Anne Sexton's confessional verse in this poem speaks of hope for new love. She was one of the 1970s tragic poet suicides, whose work expressed all her light and darkness.

The Touch by Anne Sexton (Read by Ellen Webre)

An original radio play written by Matthew Maichen. First aired on "TPS Radio" on April 10, 2015 on Chapman Radio.

Starring: 
James Trocmé
Ellen Webre
Cameron Barrett Stewart
Connor Patterson
Kiera Quealy
Sarah Levin
Jalen Marcus Feniquito
Ray Eckhaus
Evan McConaughy
Adam Cash
Jason Mehta

The Touch by Anne Sexton (Read by Ellen Webre)

Ellen Webre

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