Sylvia Plath

On the Border: The Odd Uneven Time of August

“I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know. Twilight…

3 years ago

The Squelch and Why School Should be More Like a Fungus

It's been wet this August and last week was topped off by a cracker of a thunderstorm storm that dropped…

6 years ago

Blackberrying

Here then, as promised is the indulgence of blackberry poems. (For any very young readers confused by Thirteen Ways of…

7 years ago

Bitter Strawberries

     Farm work is one of the best jobs for getting to know people as they really are. The…

7 years ago

Among the Narcissi

Spring comes earlier in the UK than it does here and the growing season is longer and cooler. Plath's poem…

8 years ago