Poems

by Sylvia Plath
Poems  
published October 13th 1998 by Everyman's Library
binding Hardcover
isbn 0375404643   (isbn13: 9780375404641)
pages 256
description A representative selection of verse by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who left in the wake of her personal tragedy a legacy of poems that combine t...more
date added
12-18-06



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Courtney
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02/27/07

bookshelves: poetry
"Clownlike, happiest on your hands,
Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled,
Gilled like a fish. A common-sense
Thumbs-down on the dodo's mode.
Wrapped up in yourself like a spool,
Trawling your dark, as owls do.
Mute as a turnip from the Fourth
Of July to All Fools' Day,
O high-riser, my little loaf.

Vague as fog and looked for like mail.
Farther off than Australia.
Bent-backed Atlas, our traveled prawn.
Snug as a bud and at home
Like a sprat in a pickle jug.
A creel of eels, a...more
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Tomiko
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01/15/08

Read in January, 2003
The editor for this collection of poems, Diane Middlebrook, was my professor in college, and we studied Plath for a time. Plath has since become my favorite poet, and I think this particular collection is a good representation of her body of work. She is detached and trying often to either make, sever, or understand a connection. Even when she's calling out to the reader from the darkest depths of wherever it is she writes (as in my personal favorite, "The Disquieting Muses"), there ar...more
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Faith-Anne
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01/15/08

bookshelves: my-favorites, poetry, sylvia-plath
recommends it for: fans of Plath
This little book has most of my favorite Plath poems in it. It's a perfect dose of Plath on the go. I take it every year to the ocean with me.
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Bonnie
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09/07/07

bookshelves: poetry
I was given this book by a friend back in highschool. I really like her poetry and really found her works inspiring as a young writer back in the day. Still a fan.
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Hazel
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04/16/07

Read in December, 2007
recommends it for: depressing poetry lovers
memorizing so i can recite to myself on late night walks home.
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Novieta Tourisia
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09/12/07

Read in January, 2003
Smoothing my flat life. Shimmering day by day.
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Joy
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08/11/07

Too sad to manage right now...
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Grendalin
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02/29/08

Read in July, 2007
One can't own enough Plath.
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Lin
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10/06/07

bookshelves: owned
Read in January, 2004
recommends it for: angry women
One of my favourite poets!
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Crystal
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08/20/07

bookshelves: poetry
Read in December, 2006
I love all things Plath!
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