Quote of the Day/Week-Sylvia Plath

Today, we conclude our quotes from famous poets from around the world, with the American poet Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) who committed suicide at age 30 in England. Plath was married to the famous English poet Ted Hughes (1930-1998), with whom she had two children.

Plath published two poetry collections "The Colossus and Other Poems" and "Ariel." She was the first poet to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry posthumously. Plath also wrote the novel "The Bell Jar."

Actress Gwyneth Platrow, then 30 herself while the film was being shot, played in the poet in the biopic film "Sylvia" (2003).

Here is Plath's quote:

"How frail the human heart must be_ a mirrored pool of thought."

http://www.poets.orghttp://www.sylviaplath.de

A Crazy Poem I Wrote

This was originally intended to be read at No Shame Theatre at Studio Roanoke in Roanoke, Va., this weekend, but I was still recovering from my gall bladder surgery as well as the medications they put me on!

It is called "I'm Dating Sylvia Plath:"

I met a wonderful girl through e-harmony

They claim she's a 'perfect match'

This time- they could actually be right.

We both like The Smiths and The Cure

as well as the poetry of Mishima

And, we had our first date at the Holocaust Museum

Perhaps, we'll have our honeymoon at the Golden Gate Bridge


I'm so happy, so happy, so happy

I'm dating Sylvia Plath

Aren't I a lucky boy, indeed???

Footnote: For those who don't know Sylvia Plath was the subject of the Gwyneth Paltrow film "Sylvia." The late poet, also known for her novel "The Belljar" killed herself when she was just in her twenties.