Best Plath Poems
Below are the all-time best Plath poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of plath poems written by PoetrySoup members
Deserved Rewards - Inspired By the Life and Poetry of Sylvia PlathIn ode to all who succumb
through wayward passages
lined of scribble notes
dripping ink’s savagery,
staining cursive patterns
in Sylvia-like depressions
Jarred bells ring
down lost tunnels
around each dark corner…clang
from steeples...
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Categories:
plath, life, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Little Ol' MeI wish I could write
like those others before me,
Byron and Shelley and old Edgar Poe
Flowery phrases
Thy love unforgetting,
chasing a raven as ink tends to flow
Follow...
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Categories:
plath, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Song Of DemiseI shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
I think I made you up inside my...
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Categories:
plath, angst, dark, death,
Form:
Free verse
Silver Solitude on Storm's EdgeI emerged with a silver pen in hand,
…and a tempest raging within.
Words writhe, a serpent's coil,
…tightening their grip,
A soul adrift in a sea of
…self-made...
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Categories:
plath, mental health, mental illness,
Form:
Narrative
Call Your MotherCall Your Mother
Pick up the phone...
do it now.
If you can.
Later if you must,
I trust that you,
know the difference.
She never put you...
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Categories:
plath, abuse, confidence, earth, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
50 Words For Poe: Witch
"50 Words for Poe: Witch"
She liked driving fast
The number plate in the dust
Read DOT.OZ.LimaLimaBrava
Their destination was Wichita
Foot to the Floor
Off Route 66 Silver...
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Categories:
plath, adventure, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
The ContestThe Contest
I would like to enter,
and sometimes I do.
Occasionally I even win,
to my surprise.
How cool!
The true rule,
to every fool,
or pirate...
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Categories:
plath, america, friendship, hero, homework,
Form:
Narrative
Sunset SpiritSunset Spirit
Close your eyes,
and stop thinking.
Take a moment...
breathe.
God is already beside you.
He has always been there.
It is you,
that must slow...
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Categories:
plath, angel, death, grief, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
FearFear
It is a very small demon.
It is a tiny monster,
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get.
It is the one that hides,...
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Categories:
plath, angel, bible, creation, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
ButterflyButterfly
Butterfly sweet,
lovely wings of gossamer gold.
Stretch your tips to the stars,
as that is the reality of freedom.
Glide for hours above the...
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Categories:
plath, butterfly, cancer, confusion, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
AndAnd
Goat heads, cockleburs, and cow pies.
These are the things
we live with, in the country.
Some you step on,
some travel in your clothes,...
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Categories:
plath, adventure, christian, creation, garden,
Form:
Free verse
Dead Crush
"Dead Crush"
Oh uplift me woman
if we were to have a
conversation would
bees fly out of your mouth
or just mewling, simpering
watered-down honey
not so pristine,...
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Categories:
plath, courage, freedom, women,
Form:
Free verse
Puzzles In PinkPuzzles in Pink
Yesterday is just a dream.
I took you everywhere,
but you... do not remember.
My little one,
you cried and cried.
We went...
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Categories:
plath, childhood, daughter, heaven, holiday,
Form:
Ballad
CocklebursCockleburs
Small green weeds,
with little seed pots,
that stick to your socks.
They travel with you,
to the next place,
that God wants them to...
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Categories:
plath, cute, december, grave, irony,
Form:
Narrative
Limericks Vi - ReligionLimericks VI - Religion
Pell-Mell for Hell Mel
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a Baptist named Mel
who condemned all non-Christians to hell.
When he stood before God
he...
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Categories:
plath, christian, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Limerick