Sandra Adams Poet Free verse

Plath

i never knew who she was
until i was called "plath-like";
same obscured thoughts
abundant in poetic frame of mind

i scribble thoughts
like shadows on walls
beneath a pale moon
that play in the corner
where darkness looms
then fade out
before the bloody rise
of cockcrow 

i never knew who she was;
back then
they fed us poe
shakespeare 
and wadsworth
so minds of children
could grow

i never knew who she was
her ink ran dry
long before i could finger a pen
yet her thoughts 
linger in my mind
"plath-like"

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Kim Rodrigues July 19, 2019 at 8:28 PM Check out my poem, "Words" I so much enjoy Plath yet I can't read too much of it. Particularly I like TULIPS. Nice! Sandra Adams July 19, 2019 at 9:35 PM Thanks I will have to look for that poem :)

Kai Michael Neumann July 8, 2019 at 12:00 PM An Ariel that ran out of bounce. New no bounds and sadly had a gas stove. I like your poem ... Sandra Adams July 8, 2019 at 3:55 PM thank you Kai, a simple write to keep the muse alive! :)

John Hamilton June 30, 2019 at 12:42 PM Wow...plath-like, I have never known anyone who has been compared to her, I knew there was something special about your writing but couldn't quite figure it out, now everything makes sense...although I do enjoy yours better! Sandra Adams June 30, 2019 at 6:20 PM Thank you....sometimes the darkness or sadness sneaks in my muse, i supposed that's why a few had made that comment about my poetry....i had to look her up and read her poems after hearing it a couple times! hugs :)

Lady Labyrinth June 29, 2019 at 8:42 AM Plath, in my humble opinion, was a complex Goddess - her husband should have had his balls nailed to the wall. Your writing is spectacular, I LOVE IT. Sandra Adams June 29, 2019 at 9:53 AM Thank you for the wonderful comment! i think her dark poems were a release from pain...i like to write pain out as it helps clear it from the mind! hugs

Caren Krutsinger June 28, 2019 at 5:36 AM I guess you now have read some of her poems or do you just write like her naturally? Probably. Sandra Adams June 28, 2019 at 6:27 AM I always wrote with the dark tones, i read her after being called plath-like, i could see their point once i read some of her poems! I don't try to write dark, i guess bottled up pain just flows sometimes! Thank you :) hugs

Arturo Michael June 27, 2019 at 1:53 PM An outstanding writer Sylvia was...what an honor to be Plath-like...Nice write... Sandra Adams June 28, 2019 at 6:25 AM She was an outstanding writer, i read her after i was called plath-like and a little taken back but i do see the darkness in some of my poems! Thank you :) hugs