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Category Sylvia Plath

“Is anyone anywhere happy?”

Stings

Bare-handed, I hand the combs. The man in white smiles, bare-handed, Our cheesecloth gauntlets neat and sweet, The throats of our wrists brave lilies. He and I Have a thousand clean cells between us, Eight combs of yellow cups, And…

The Arrival of the Bee Box

I ordered this, clean wood box Square as a chair and almost too heavy to lift. I would say it was the coffin of a midget Or a square baby Were there not such a din in it. The box…

The Bee Meeting

Who are these people at the bridge to meet me? They are the villagers—— The rector, the midwife, the sexton, the agent for bees. In my sleeveless summery dress I have no protection, And they are all gloved and covered,…

The Courage of Shutting-Up

The courage of the shut mouth, in spite of artillery! The line pink and quiet, a worm, basking. There are black disks behind it, the disks of outrage, And the outrage of a sky, the lined brain of it. The…

The Detective

What was she doing when it blew in Over the seven hills, the red furrow, the blue mountain? Was she arranging cups? It is important. Was she at the window, listening? In that valley the train shrieks echo like souls…

A Birthday Present

What is this, behind this veil, is it ugly, is it beautiful? It is shimmering, has it breasts, has it edges? I am sure it is unique, I am sure it is what I want. When I am quiet at…

For a Fatherless Son

You will be aware of an absence, presently, Growing beside you, like a tree, A death tree, color gone, an Australian gum tree —- Balding, gelded by lightning—an illusion, And a sky like a pig’s backside, an utter lack of…

Burning the Letters

I made a fire; being tired Of the white fists of old Letters and their death rattle When I came too close to the wastebasket What did they know that I didn’t? Grain by grain, they unrolled Sands where a…

Poppies in July

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 And it exhausts me to watch you Flickering like that, wrinkly and clear red, like…