Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

Ted Hughes Last Love Letter to Sylvia Plath

And yet at the end of 1997 Hughes published a beautiful, haunting poem on Plath called ''The City'' and for some reason did not include this in his final book.

It is gorgeous.. evocative.. chilling.. and an evocation to lost love.


Your poems are like a dark city centre.
Your novel, your stories, your journals, your letters, are suburbs
Of this big city.
The hotels are lit like office blocks all night
With scholars, priests, pilgrims. It's at night
Sometimes I drive through. I just find
Myself driving through, going slow, simply
Roaming in my own darkness, pondering
What you did. Nearly always
I glimpse you -- at some crossing,
Staring upwards, lost 60 year old.

Apres Moi, Le Deluge

Oft-quoted... oft mis-quoted... do you know what it really means??

Similar to Good Neighbours and Good Fences.
Do you think you know what this means??

It is always interesting to go back to the original source material to understand the context of something.

Often times - the original author is far more clever than the lazy interpreter.

Or.. then again.. maybe that is just me..

Father and Son Bye

People at rest.

They feel at ease

with Father's money.

Waiting....

We think not about death
While people drive home
People do not wait

One of my favourite masters of verse

Robert Penn Warren

Where - A Poem in Three Parts

Where it was not gently made.
They grow now....
where I once played.

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Cheers!

Illinoise nee Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

Where?
Think about it.
By threat, flee work.
Understand home gently.

My addition to the universe of poetry on a Sunday Morn basking in the sun.I wrote this while listening to Sufjan Stevens' brilliant creation of 2005 - Illinois.

His self-stated goal is to produce a recording about of each of the
states. This is his second.. a long journey to undertake.
That being said.. what a brilliant melange of thoughts and themes
I particularly love Chicago.


Give this a listen.. the entire journey is the way to go with this album.
Kinda like classic Velvet Underground.. no dipping in and sampling.