Showing posts with label Sylvia Plath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sylvia Plath. Show all posts

Thursday, October 14, 2010

A Seemingly Perfect Day for Plath

It seems I'm having a hard time getting the inspiration to write. Words are pretty much gone. To keep myself appeased, I'll post the poetry of someone else. Sylvia Plath, someone who can say what I can't seem to right now. Enjoy. 

Denouement 


The telegram says you have gone away
And left our bankrupt circus on its own;
There is nothing more for me to say.



The maestro gives the singing birds their pay
And they buy tickets for the tropic zone;
The telegram says you have gone away.



The clever wolly dogs have had their day
They shoot the dice for one remaining bone;
There is nothing more for me to say.



The lion and the tigers turn to clay
And Jumbo sadly trumpets into stone;
The telegram says you have gone away.



The morbid cobra's wits have run astray;
He rents his poisons out by telegram;
There is nothing more for me to say.



The colored tents all topple in the bay;
The magic sawdust writes: address unknown.
The telegram says you have gone away;
There is nothing more for me to say.


                   --Sylvia Plath




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