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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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Date: 2/29/2020 4:15:00 PM
"Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 2/29/2020 4:15:00 PM
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49008/morning-song-56d22ab4a0cee
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Date: 2/29/2020 4:15:00 PM
"Medusa" by Frieda Hughes
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Date: 2/29/2020 4:15:00 PM
https://poets.org/poem/medusa
Date: 2/29/2020 10:00:00 AM
Last recorded words/ Plath
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 2/29/2020 10:00:00 AM
https://youtu.be/fM4ie9lQOyY
Date: 2/29/2020 9:32:00 AM
We can only teach them so much and then they have to fly on their own.
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Date: 2/29/2020 10:01:00 AM
Poem inspired by Plath's daughter. Plath/Hughes co-dependency. Fate of the brother.

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