Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

The Spite Syllabub

"The Spite Syllabub"



The daughter 
is not 
The mother 

Sylvia’s bees were
left milk, bread and butter

Plath by name
but not 
the daughter’s path

in evolving nature
not the mother
nor the father

Love for art’s sake
Art not for Love’s sake

Amy G. Dala
a spoonful of honey
taken with the medicine

This is Love
The tincture labelled:

The Spite Syllabub
three measures 
the mother, the father, the son

take
swallow slowly
survive

daughter is the legacy
daughter learns to run
a lesson in love

Love for art’s sake
Art not for Love’s sake

Done.

(Ladylabyrinth / 2020)




"Moonlight" / FOALS
https://youtu.be/s9DMDulMIz4









1. 
"The Grief Equation" /Frieda Hughes, Plath's daughter 
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27377434?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR0-rAuEMLovUMiMndUcme2Sic3A-OoDiJkHd857ulBwxlk4KXY3cAxHb9Q




2. "Poetry and Co-dependency" / Plath & Hughes
https://youtu.be/hmArLszft3w




3. "Sylvia Plath" (1 of 6)
https://youtu.be/V1QA985lhSQ

(2 of 6)
https://youtu.be/k1ecb6bRfk0

(3 of 6)
https://youtu.be/uDq0trKqyj8

(4 of 6) Bees
https://youtu.be/7lJPFA2JXnk

(5 of 6)
https://youtu.be/Ef5Zypngx6o

(6 of 6)
https://youtu.be/iK6b39hoeGM




4. Hughes & Assia Wevill (Mistress)
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/apr/23/features11.g21





5. Frieda Hughes (daughter)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/28/frieda-hughes-i-felt-my-parents-were-stolen


"Frieda Hughes, daughter of poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, is the author of Stonepicker and the Book of Mirrors (Harper Collins, 2009), Forty-Five (Harper Collins, 2006), Waxworks (Harper Collins, 2002), and Wooroloo (Harper Flamingo, 1998). She lives in Wales."


Poetry, books / Frieda Hughes
https://www.friedahughes.com/books.html


"45" / Frieda Hughes
https://www.popmatters.com/forty-five-poems-by-frieda-hughes-2496154001.html





















"Moonlight" / FOALS, Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Foals-moonlight-lyrics







Suicide Prevention / Global Hotlines

http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

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Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 4:15 PM "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 4:15 PM https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49008/morning-song-56d22ab4a0cee Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 4:15 PM "Medusa" by Frieda Hughes Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 4:15 PM https://poets.org/poem/medusa

Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM Last recorded words/ Plath Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM https://youtu.be/fM4ie9lQOyY

Ts Poetry February 29, 2020 at 9:32 AM We can only teach them so much and then they have to fly on their own. Lady Labyrinth February 29, 2020 at 10:01 AM Poem inspired by Plath's daughter. Plath/Hughes co-dependency. Fate of the brother.