r/sylviaplath

In the dream I was walking past a crowd of women and they were all very excited about this new poem. I looked over their shoulders and “read” it, but it was more like my brain took a screen shot. When I woke up I could still see it. Here’s the poem as I saw it, including the way the word “feel” was spaced out:

The men in white coats f e e l
So proud of the gold star
They get

When women made crazy
By their families, the
Expectations, society

Go back to daily showering,
Eating meals, sleeping

I hope this is okay to post, I realize it’s a bit strange but it’s interesting to me that it’s reminiscent of her style, and it encapsulates something she and so many women have been through.

Well, I love Sylvia Plath' s poems especially " Lady Lazarus" and I wanna read her novel,but I'm not quite sure I will like it and honestly I don't know why,so take my hand and tell me something good about this work so I can pick up the book and read it.

If anyone in this subreddit has read her journals, I need some quotes that would resonate with my autumn journal that I’m thinking of making this fall. 🍂✨