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Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963 / Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
Poems of Sylvia Plath
If you see a poem only with title, it is listed that way because of copyright reasons.
| 1. | A Birthday Present | 1/1/2004 |
| 2. | A Lesson In Vengeance | 1/13/2003 |
| 3. | A Life | 1/13/2003 |
| 4. | Aftermath | 1/3/2003 |
| 5. | Among the Narcissi | 1/3/2003 |
| 6. | An Appearance | 1/3/2003 |
| 7. | Apprehensions | 1/3/2003 |
| 8. | April 18 | 1/3/2003 |
| 9. | Ariel | 1/3/2003 |
| 10. | Balloons | 1/3/2003 |
| 11. | Berck-Plage | 1/3/2003 |
| 12. | Black Rook in Rainy Weather | 1/3/2003 |
| 13. | Blackberrying | 1/3/2003 |
| 14. | Bucolics | 1/3/2003 |
| 15. | By Candlelight | 1/3/2003 |
| 16. | Child | 1/3/2003 |
| 17. | Cinderella | 1/3/2003 |
| 18. | Contusion | 1/3/2003 |
| 19. | Conversation Among the Ruins | 1/3/2003 |
| 20. | Crossing the River | 1/3/2003 |
Perseus
The Triumph of Wit Over Suffering
Head alone shows you in the prodigious act
Of digesting what centuries alone digest:
The mammoth, lumbering statuary of sorrow,
Indissoluble enough to riddle the guts
Of a whale with holes and holes, and bleed him white
Into salt seas. Hercules had a simple time,
Rinsing those stables: a baby's tears would do it.
