The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia Plath

August 9: Saturday: windy – speed boats on Connecticut white wakes cut blue lawn, water – bright blue, twinkling! Sun: glint – green banks – fence of trees Skiers in invisible tow lines – curve & scallop of white shearing aside – birds, swallows, martins ride & sun on the wind – sparse white cumulus – bleached heads of rye – rye stubble – wallop & gaze of boats. Waving grass-seeded heads – fountain heads of golden rod – lace plats of queen anne’s lace bright mustard fuzz – pollen – purple vetch bends nods inland from river wind – rasp, cicada buzz – golden rod against blue water – green band of trees, paler sky – crickets – dustcoated black sextons – yellow butterier than the sun – prickle of bleached stubble – whisk heads nip, shear, wallop, scallop wallop & jolt of the upkicking wave