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Sylvia Plath
(1932 - 1963 / America)

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Born in 1932 to middle class parents in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath published her first poem at the age of eight. A sensitive person who tended to be a bit of a perfectionist she was what many would consider a model daughter and student - popular, a straight A student, always winning .. .. more >>

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1		A Birthday Present
2		A Lesson In Vengeance
3		A Life
4		Aftermath
5		Among the Narcissi
6		An Appearance
7		Apprehensions
8		April 18
9		Ariel
10		Balloons
11		Berck-Plage
12		Black Rook in Rainy Weather
13		Blackberrying
14		Bucolics
15		By Candlelight
16		Child
17		Cinderella
18		Contusion
19		Conversation Among the Ruins
20		Crossing the River

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"I only know that a rook
Ordering its black feathers can so shine
As to seize me senses, haul
My eyelids up, and grant

A brief respite from fear
Of total neutrality."
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), U.S. poet. Black Rook in Rainy Weather (l. 27-32). . . The Penguin book of Bird Poetry. Peggy Munserber, ed. (1984) Penguin Books.

"A certain minor light may still
Leap incandescent

Out of kitchen table or chair
As if a celestial burning took
Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then—"
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), U.S. poet. Black Rook in Rainy Weather (l. 14-18). . . The Collected Poems [Sylvia Plath]. Ted Hughes, ed. (1981) HarperCollins.

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p.a. noushad (7/11/2008 4:51:00 AM)
gets the colour of life in its pure form.

James Papastamos (6/10/2008 7:07:00 PM)
The story of Sylvia Plath just reinforces my deep-seated belief that 'where there is tragedy, there is art'. I have, as of yet, not once encountered a 'happy poet'. Poetry shall always remain a far superior form of literature, as opposed to the composition of fiction, non fiction, plays and scripts for movies. When I read a poem, I am gazing deep into the hidden chambers of the author's tortured soul - chambers that hide some mysterious secret, yearning to break free from the confines that civilization often imposes on humanity. Poetry comes from the heart. To understand poetry, one must be able to 'read between the lines'. When I read Sylvia Plath's poems, I not only read between the lines; I dive, head first, into its troubled waters - J. Papastamos

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Sylvia Plath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, in the book Giving Up: The Last Days of Sylvia Plath, Jillian Becker says that, "according to Mr. Goodchild—a police officer attached to the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath

Sylvia Plath Homepage
This Sylvia Plath site contains a lot of bibliographical information, useful resources, links to essays, articles and poems, and a short biography of Sylvia ...
http://www.sylviaplath.de/

Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Sylvia Plath
Entry includes biographical information, transcriptions of Daddy, Lady Lazarus and Morning Song, selected bibliography and links to relevant sites.
http://www.poets.org/splat/

Salon.com Books | The real Sylvia Plath
Article by Kate Moses which looks at the journals of Sylvia Plath, exploring the lesser-known side of the poet and theories about what drove her to suicide.
http://archive.salon.com/books/feature/2000/05/30/plath1/index.html

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