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Think Plath
Think Plath.
Minimal.
Sweating, fretting
last chance before
put out to grass.
But she wants more.
Blood-letting
unhinged, on the fringe
insisting, threshing, sifting
no rest yet.
Harrowed; scrape the
barrel - clean.
Green men from Mars
stare bewildered
at the task. Ask ‘why?’
Survival? For fun?
Fifty unique words -
going dotty daily.
Quick. Think Plath.
Gas! There -
Job done.
Minimal.
Sweating, fretting
last chance before
put out to grass.
But she wants more.
Blood-letting
unhinged, on the fringe
insisting, threshing, sifting
no rest yet.
Harrowed; scrape the
barrel - clean.
Green men from Mars
stare bewildered
at the task. Ask ‘why?’
Survival? For fun?
Fifty unique words -
going dotty daily.
Quick. Think Plath.
Gas! There -
Job done.
Published 24th Apr 2019
| Edited 9th Mar 2024
Author's Note
NaPo Day-24 contribution.
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Anonymous
24th Apr 2019 11:12am
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24th Apr 2019 11:41am
24th Apr 2019 1:27pm
24th Apr 2019 5:44pm
Thank you, Summer. This particular style of poem inspired by Sylvia Plath's poem "Mushrooms". She can also be quite wordy, eg: in her poem "The Bee Meeting".
24th Apr 2019 6:00pm
24th Apr 2019 1:46pm
24th Apr 2019 5:45pm
Well I'm glad there are plenty of other poets who prove great poetry does not necessarily have to be born from a tortured mind. :))
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24th Apr 2019 2:24pm
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24th Apr 2019 5:48pm
Thank you hrshykss. This particular form inspired by Plath's poem "Mushrooms". I kind of let it permeate my skin by learning it off-by-heart first, let it gestate a few days, then wrote this morning.
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24th Apr 2019 5:50pm
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24th Apr 2019 2:53pm
24th Apr 2019 5:49pm
Thank you Tallen. I had a different ending originally ...
"Think Plath. Tight.
Do the math.
There - Job done."
... but later changed it to how it is now.
"Think Plath. Tight.
Do the math.
There - Job done."
... but later changed it to how it is now.
Bravo, Josh! I am finding that just when I think I'm tapped out the ideas come. My goal was to enjoy the process and not think of it as homework.
Embarrassed to admit...I don't know much about Plath other than her struggle and ultimate Super Nova.
I enjoyed your word combinations in this one. Come May I'm writing just Haikus😁
Embarrassed to admit...I don't know much about Plath other than her struggle and ultimate Super Nova.
I enjoyed your word combinations in this one. Come May I'm writing just Haikus😁
24th Apr 2019 5:52pm
Thank you Gahddess. I'm slowly reading through Plath's "Collected Poems" in small doses - otherwise it's too intense for me. :))
24th Apr 2019 6:51pm
I corrected the blather in my comment. ..forgive but my phone was speaking in tongues. 😁
24th Apr 2019 3:27pm
24th Apr 2019 5:58pm
Thank you inechoingsilence for reading and commenting. "Terse' tends to keep one to the essentials. And I find trying to 'do terse' helps one identify the essentials if you're not yet sure what they are.
24th Apr 2019 7:03pm
Terse (if the words allow for it) is my desired format. I next to never start out that way, but through refining and correction it gets that way.
24th Apr 2019 5:07pm
24th Apr 2019 6:01pm
Thank you Wallyroo. It's hard not to be a fan of Plath - but she's pretty intense reading. A few poems at a time, I find, otherwise the medicine gets too strong.
24th Apr 2019 8:52pm
Wow, that went dark. She always had a curious way of blending some fun words with a real heavy perspective on life. I can see both elements here - dotty daily / gas.
24th Apr 2019 9:15pm
Thank you Haley. I woke up this morning with the words "Think Plath" in my head and then "minimal". Thinking Plath, it had to have a darkness to it. Not usually my style but it's NaPo month, experiementing and having-a-go is what it's all about. I know her poem "Mushrooms" by heart and that influenced the style. And thank you for the RL too.
24th Apr 2019 9:18pm
I'm not familiar with Sylvia Plath, but I love this. Succinct, clever and marvelous.
24th Apr 2019 9:26pm
Thank you Crow for the complement. I find Plath is best taken in small doses; her poems are very intense.
