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

Date: 7/19/2019 8:28:00 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
Date: 7/19/2019 9:35:00 PM

Thanks I will have to look for that poem :)

Kai Michael Neumann

Date: 7/8/2019 12:00:00 PM

An Ariel that ran out of bounce. New no bounds and sadly had a gas stove. I like your poem ...

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/8/2019 3:55:00 PM

thank you Kai, a simple write to keep the muse alive! :)

John Hamilton

Date: 6/30/2019 12:42:00 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
Date: 6/30/2019 6:20:00 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

Date: 6/29/2019 8:42:00 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
Date: 6/29/2019 9:53:00 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

Date: 6/28/2019 5:36:00 AM

I guess you now have read some of her poems or do you just write like her naturally? Probably.

Sandra Adams
Date: 6/28/2019 6:27:00 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

Date: 6/27/2019 1:53:00 PM

An outstanding writer Sylvia was...what an honor to be Plath-like...Nice write...

Sandra Adams
Date: 6/28/2019 6:25:00 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