Poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Photo by Hans Beacham
I want to live, to love and say it well in good sentences. –Sylvia Plath
I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can’t be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head. –Sylvia Plath
Postcard Note: The postcard, featuring Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, came from Gina B (aka Bianca), my pen friend/literary twin in Germany. I received the postcard a day or two after talking with one of my students about her senior thesis. I’d suggested to her that she include Sylvia Plath in her discussion about Anne Sexton’s poetry. Coincidence? More than that, of course.
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Perfect complimentary poets. Great post Card
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I don’t believe in coincidences either.. xo
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There was an article in The New York Times about the challenge of writing Sylvia Plath’s obituary. I don’t recall if the article was part of their series on neglected obits or not. Nonetheless, Plath got the streets talking.
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Yes! I read it. The article was sort of a “follow up” to the piece on”overlooked” women’s obituaries: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked.html
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I love that quote. How nice to have a literary twin.
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