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Sylvia Poems - Poems about Sylvia
Sylvia Poems - Examples of all types of poems about sylvia to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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Leaves, A Sonnet
J. Smythe with Sylvia Plath Amongst the trees he walked, a distant form, She, like the leaves, danced in the summer breeze. The plan, he'd hoped, would keep her safe and warm, Suddenly, she demanded her release. The summer passed,...
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Stepha Kaye
Categories:
sylvia,
allusion, anger, anxiety,
Form:
Sonnet
Beyond the Pane
Villanelle: "Beyond the Pane" B. Marquardt-Alexander with Sylvia Plath and Ima Gen (credited to all) In sunlight's haze, I stare beyond the pane, A world outside, where love and joy remain. Where freedom calls, my heart begins to...
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Stepha Kaye
Categories:
sylvia,
absence, allusion, wisdom,
Form:
Villanelle
My Favorite Women Poet's That Committed Suicide
They sang to stars, to flowers pale with dew, To hearts that bled beneath the waning moon; Yet every song they wove from sorrow grew, Each note a dirge, each rhyme a fading tune. The world too heavy, pressing...
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James Mclain
Categories:
sylvia,
12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
The Sylvia Plyth Effect
Oh, tender heart, too full to bear, With words like fire and frail despair, A mind too sharp, a soul too raw, Seeking solace in the flawed. Through brittle days and endless night, You poured your pain in streams of...
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James Mclain
Categories:
sylvia,
12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Sara Teasdale Died
The night swallowed her, quiet as the sea, Where the waves carried whispers, heavy and deep— Sara, a ripple lost in the currents of time, A flicker gone dark beneath the moon's hollow eye. Oceans curled their backs to...
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James Mclain
Categories:
sylvia,
12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
The Abuse Of Sylvia Plyth By Poet Husband Ted Hughes
In her frail hands, she held the flame, A flicker bright, yet bound to fade— Her words, like stars, her heart aflame, Her soul, a scarred and shadowed glade. Beneath the weight of unseen chains, She sang her sorrow, soft...
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James Mclain
Categories:
sylvia,
12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Silver Solitude on Storm's Edge
I emerged / born 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 iniquity. I buried my daddy …in the black shoe …by...
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Daniel Henry Rodgers
Categories:
sylvia,
mental health, mental illness,
Form:
Narrative
The Closed Path of Sylvia Plath
Beneath the moon's melancholy glow, Inclosed secrets began to grow. A journey cut, a tale untold, In the closed path, emotions unfold. Her words, a labyrinth of despair, Yet beauty in each poetic layer. Through the closed path, a haunting maze, Sylvia...
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James Mclain
Categories:
sylvia,
12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath ? In this world danced her words, in a poet's breath, Sylvia lived in realms of love and strife, Her verses weaved from darkness to bright wreath, A soul immersed in tumultuous life. With pen in hand, she bared...
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James Mclain
Categories:
sylvia,
12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Remembering Sylvia Plath
What she might have been was hidden Beneath self-destruction and depression Despair so black it silenced light, war-ridden Life without purpose, true love forbidden Leaving darkest doubt lost in the impression What she might have been was hidden Her emotions, joy...
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Regina Mcintosh
Categories:
sylvia,
angst, anxiety, confusion, death,
Form:
Villanelle
Sylvia Stays Sedentary
Sylvia stays sedentary still seeking superiority Sometimes summarizing situations so subtilely*, Suddenly somnambulistic, she slips silently Sensing some sarcastic silliness, soon senility. *alternate, archaic spelling for “subtly.” SECOND PLACE WINNER Written June 28, 2022 For "Begin With a Letter"...
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L Milton Hankins
Categories:
sylvia,
fun, word play,
Form:
Alliteration
Dear Sylvia
Why, in a gas oven, dear Sylvia, did you stick your pretty, middle-class head? Was the life of upper suburbia too much for you that you'd rather be...
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Ngoc Nguyen
Categories:
sylvia,
death, depression, father daughter,
Form:
Sonnet
For Sylvia Plath
For Sylvia Plath So where do you float now; Genius of misery Keeper and kept Of those mysterious bees? You would frown at an epitaph, I know. But epitaphs are inevitable, You know. Anyone who's read your lines Wonders how you did it; How those lines,...
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William Masonis
Categories:
sylvia,
appreciation, poetess, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Sylvia Plattitudes
Lying in my bed, I gazed at the ceiling. A star's advice ran through my head: Don't let other people define you, You know yourself, no one else does. Lying flat on my stomach, I felt my feelings. Accustomed to...
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Terrence Tennessee
Categories:
sylvia,
death, dream, memorial, sleep,
Form:
Acrostic
Sylvia
sylvia was it really you those last weeks of your life? from the first wide-eyed disbelieving horror at the ice-killer in your womb but you were still strong then, strong sylvia, shouting, your blonde hair swinging, throwing pillows at the nurses when they...
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Helen Dymond
Categories:
sylvia,
change, death of a
Form:
Free verse
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