Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Anne Sexton R.I.P.

Anne Sexton, poetess, would rise

To heights of poetry acclaim,

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Exuberance propelled her fame.

But mental illness demons held

Her hostage to the dark of life.

Within that space she too oft dwelled,

Not present as mother and wife.

In poetry she did confess

Her many improprieties.

But any hope turned more hopeless.

Her demons she could not appease.

In her car as fumes took her breath,

Anne Sexton traded life for death.