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This novel is a fictionalized, exaggerated and distorted telling of a dark period of the life of its author, Plath. This is a relatable account This is my 4th read. Each time, I want the real woman to live and be the bad girl poet she wanted to be instead of a wife and mother. Each time, I hope that the real woman‘s life ends differently than it did. I guess that‘s a definition of my own madness.

“BEDS come in all sizes-single or double,”

I think this book would be best read like an ordinary children‘s books but I think it‘d be fun to read this in front of the whole class to see the reactions.

This was a very interesting little book and I like the illustrations that went along with it. This book reminds me of a Shel Silverstein book and I think the children will really enjoy it.

#PoetryMatters #Villa

my #currentread for #2024reads is the abdridged ed of Sylvia Plath's journal, for me all of Plath's writing is like reading poetry

Have always been a bit hesitant to read The Bell Jar. Any tips/experiences, folks?

Ft. Pretty handmade bookmark from my friend to help with it❤️

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.”
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

#Shadow
#WickedWhispers

Sylvia Plath reading some of her poems and talking about her work. And it‘s wonderful how she reads them, I love her poetry that is full of stark, sharp imagery.

Extract from Candles by Sylvia Plath
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They are the last romantics, these candles:
Upside-down hearts of light tipping wax fingers,
And the fingers, taken in by their own haloes,
Grown milky, almost clear, like the bodies of saints.

#PoetryMatters #2024reads