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Interview with Anne Sexton

Rob Bean said:
in 1959, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton met for the first time at a poetry workshop run by Robert Lowell at Boston University. They were both aware of the challenges facing them as aspiring writers trying to get ahead and be successful in a male-dominated literary discipline.

Sylvia too was noted as a confessional poet in her work; example Lady Lazarus and Daddy.

The term of confessional poet or poetry being akin to bearing true feelings concerning something or someone that affected your well being in some way. I wonder if it can be created or must be experienced b3fore penned as poem?

It also interesting to note both Anne and Sylvia committed suicide from their deep depressions.

I have felt that so called great poets are or were afflicted with some form of mental illness. Each looks at their world a little differently than the average person and see with a different light. The eccentric behavior spills over to their writing, which of course makes it special - just a humble ignorant opinion but food for thought...
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Interesting.
 
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