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Plath: Poems
Plath: Poems | Sylvia Plath
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Sylvia Plath's tragically abbreviated career as a poet began with work that was, in the words of one of her teachers, Robert Lowell, "formidably expert." It ended with a group of poems published after her suicide in 1963 which are, in the nakedness of their confessions, in their black humor, in their ferocious honesty about what people do to one another and to themselves, among the most harrowing lyrics in the English language - poems in which a magnificent, exquisitely disciplined literary gift has been brought to bear upon the unbearable. In these transfiguring poems, Plath managed the rarest of feats: she changed the direction and orientation of an art form.
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TheSpineView Great poem!❤️ 12mo
dabbe 💙💚💙 12mo
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GatheringBooks
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TheSpineView Love!❤️ 1y
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GatheringBooks
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TheSpineView I love the comparison on the two types of mirrors. 💜 2y
LindaLappin that last image has stayed in my mind for decades. and now I have become the fish 2y
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Paperback.Propensity
Plath: Poems | Sylvia Plath
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May 25 1999.
I remember the day I checked out a book from the library and got a receipt instead of a card. I was not happy 😅

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Leftcoastzen ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
TheSpineView 💜💜💜 5y
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bibliobliss
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...The psychological pain of awaking in the early morning, the sting of returning to consciousness after the bliss of sleep...

I can‘t relate to that feeling at all! 😂⏰

Ddzmini 😝🧠 6y
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Bookalong
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Little poppies, little hell flames,
Do you do no harm?
You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns

Do you read poetry? Who is one of your favorites?

#sylviaplath #poems #poet #poem #bookworm #booklover

Eggs Dickinson, T S Eliot, e e Cummings, Frost 6y
Bookalong @Eggs Thoes are some some of my faves too ☺ 6y
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TrishB
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#quotsyjan18 #sleep
The wonderful Sylvia again.

ju.ca.no ❤️ 6y
Hollie 😍😍 6y
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LeahBergen ❤️❤️ 6y
GondorGirl 😍💔😍 6y
batsy Oh, love this! 6y
Bookalong 💕Sylvia 6y
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morevna
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Plath's poem "Epitaph in three parts".

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morevna
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From Plath's poem "Child".

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Jess_Read_This
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Lcsmcat I have that edition of the Plath! I didn't know there were more of them. 7y
I-read-and-eat Great deal! They are very pretty 😀 7y
rubyslippersreads Great find! 7y
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TrishB Lovely 💝 7y
kspenmoll What a deal! 7y
LeslieO So pretty! 7y
ValerieAndBooks Wow, lucky you!! I have a few of the Pocket Poets ❤️ 7y
Jess_Read_This @ValerieAndBooks Total luck. I spotted the Plath and the seller saw my excitement and fished out the other two from a pile of babysitter club books lol! 7y
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Susannah
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Love that this floated across my Facebook feed today. http://bitly.com/2o3tRIc #WorldPoetryDay

Reviewsbylola Love 💪🏻 7y
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MMenefee
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Owl

Clocks belled twelve. Main street showed otherwise
Than its suburb of woods : nimbus—-
Lit, but unpeopled, held its windows
Of wedding pastries,

Diamond rings, potted roses, fox-skins
Ruddy on the wax mannequins
In a glassed tableau of affluence.
From deep-sunk basements ...

Complete poem at https://m.poemhunter.com/poem/owl-15/

#litsypoetry365

ValerieAndBooks Amazing. 7y
Hobbinol 7y
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OrangeMooseReads
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(2/2) again not from this book #litsypoetry365

lynneamch If you like Sylvia Plath (as we do), you might enjoy (as I did) this one. I loved the audio. 7y
OrangeMooseReads @lynneamch I will have to check that one out. Thanks. 7y
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LazyLibrary
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Getting ready for this Gilmore Girls reunion!!!

Varshitha I got to know about this series through Litsy, dunno how I missed it.. I am almost done with Season 3, so will be another month or so before I get to the new season .. 7y
LazyLibrary @Varshitha I watched back when it aired and I always catch the repeats. I've been waiting all year! It is such a cute series so enjoy it and don't rush! 7y
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