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Somewhere Below the Surface
Contributed by
Silent-No-More
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Tuesday, 16th November 2004 @ 11:56:28 PM in AEST
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I see her as having the large, transparent, breakable, and increasingly ragged wings of a dragonfly her poor, shy, driven life, the blind terror behind her bravado, her deadly increasing pace her bravery while she lasted.
Robert Lowell (of her) in Anne Sexton: The Artist and Her Critics (edited by J. D. McClatchy)
It's undeniable
A solid line drawn through the years
As time reverses itself, binding all of us
She, She, She,
And Me
(we are but echoes of a sage)
A Pulitzer Prize
A final act, another pen set down
What was that poem I cannot recall?
Hers, Hers, Hers,
And Mine
(the words not yet on the page)
pause
They spoke, speak
To each other often, to me now
Eight feet set in the same concrete, six under
A New England lane, a Spanish side street
Somewhere?
That day, the day!
How could I have not known?, blind
I am, but not dumb- I, like them, cannot be
Its the same silly inkblot, the same response
Somehow.
October again, again
Over and over it taunts me, inquiring
How to live the coincidence but not dissect it?
When the day, the month, the year are begging so
Sometime
breathe
I should just climb into bed
With a nice piece of cake.
What matters is her poems. These last poems stun me. They eat time.
Sexton, in The Barfly Ought To Sing in Triquarterly (1965); reprinted in Ariel Descending: Writings About Sylvia Plath.
Edited by Paul Alexander (New York, 1985).
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by PhantomVampyress on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 02:03:06 AM AEST
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wow !! awesome write.. i really liked this very different hehe
peace and hope
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by venkat on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 02:32:28 AM AEST
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| it is like a memorable tribute with a magical flow..venkat |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Stitch on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 08:49:34 AM AEST
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This makes me think of the scene in Under the Tuscan Sun when the crazy blonde is holding the baby duck to her face. It carries that kind of wonder.
Stitch |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 09:27:20 AM AEST
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SNM They truely speak to you, and through you ...to us.
Thank you. |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Kie on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 10:51:22 AM AEST
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Lots of thoughts on this poem. Firstly I must say TALENT! You know you could be an author, poet/ess, screen writer etc. I just see so much waiting on the verge inside of you.
Gosh, you write well and then some.
Very impressed here.
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by a_bear on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 11:25:35 AM AEST
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| I sit and wonder sometimes, if everything has already been written.. and why I bother. This was superb! |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Nazmythian on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 01:58:12 PM AEST
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Here is to hoping that in some distant future those eight feet may be joined by a few more and our voices added to their choruses as the words are whispered upon the winds to the starving hungry ears and eyes of tommorrow.
* Lifts glass in silent ( notes the unintended pun, decides to leave it in for it's muliple meanings to self and possible others ) tribute
of adoration and admiration.
Well done.
Nazzy ~ |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 17th November 2004 @ 02:59:47 PM AEST
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what a mind you have! this is just so different,
you are a true talent.
Johnny. |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by SocialMisfit on
Thursday, 18th November 2004 @ 01:10:41 AM AEST
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wow that is awsome, i wonder what goes on in that superb mind of yours. i bet a trip through your imagination would b an adventure lol
SM |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Willofree on
Thursday, 18th November 2004 @ 10:39:30 AM AEST
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To be honest, I didn't feel I fully understood the entire poem ... so I won't guess. But what I do recognize is a very talented writer with a bright and creative mind. I was so impressed with the way you communicate your ideas. It appears to me that you are a gifted writer.
To me, it was an awesome write.
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by lostinmyself on
Thursday, 18th November 2004 @ 10:58:27 AM AEST
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*is stunned*
Oh my. Well, this is a new favourite.
Perhaps out of all the poems I have read so far.
I really don't know what to say, except I wish I could write as amazingly as you do.
Love ya hun,
*hugs*
Phil xxx |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by theMoth on
Thursday, 18th November 2004 @ 08:26:35 PM AEST
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*Applauds--
Tips the hat off to Snemmy.
Reads a Punisher comic
Eats little chocolate donuts
Reads the poem again*
--Mothy |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 19th November 2004 @ 02:55:21 PM AEST
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back for a second read and I have to say I love this - the tilte was terrific as well.
Wonderful. |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Rakerman1999 on
Saturday, 20th November 2004 @ 10:49:57 AM AEST
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I have read this over and over......each time I mine a bit more gold from it.
Your mind is an amazing thing.....
Roses
Larry |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by theMoth on
Saturday, 20th November 2004 @ 03:22:27 PM AEST
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Goes back to reading the Punisher.
--Mothy |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 22nd November 2004 @ 06:59:40 AM AEST
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Its at times like this I realize i'm very poorly read.
*sighs* |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by neveryours on
Monday, 29th November 2004 @ 01:34:04 PM AEST
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I am not disappointed - you are inspired here - You seem to really do well when writing about other creative forces - Capturing a bit of their spirit in your own hand,
I guess.
Thanks for writing
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Spike on
Friday, 31st December 2004 @ 11:45:39 PM AEST
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I've read this one before but found a lot of references unfamiliar, so left it for another time and another couple of reads. Its a well constructed and exceptional piece, and like most of the best poetry I've read, contains elements and references that are so personal and 'of the moment of the poet' that they remain elusive and intangible. I think you'll look at this one over time and go 'Wow, did I really write that?" Yes, you did.
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Taurusgem1 on
Tuesday, 1st February 2005 @ 06:39:51 PM AEST
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This is without a doubt the best I have read yet on this site. powerful and concrete. Your style reflects Plath and Sexton both of which are my favorites. Agonizingly wonderful!!!
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Essentially9 on
Sunday, 27th February 2005 @ 10:55:58 PM AEST
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| seems a bit different from your other poems that ive read, but still just as good. i still need to figure out about your infatuation with cake...at least you wont throw this piece? |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by UnlovedChild on
Monday, 28th March 2005 @ 11:32:32 PM AEST
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| Strong and wonderful write. Good poem. |
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Re: Somewhere Below the Surface
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 1st June 2006 @ 03:21:36 AM AEST
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| Speechless.... |
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