exactly & then but not quite

Oct 13, 2007 21:02

Vacationing With Sylvia Plath
Kelli Russell Agodon

Maybe I should have come alone.

Maybe if the clouds didnt resemble
tombstones and I had brought something
more upbeat to read
the ocean wouldnt seem so final
an ongoing thought carried to shore
then taken away,
washing the same green sock
over and over again.

Maybe if I was taking medication
or at least ( Read more... )

kelli russell agodon, poetry

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gh0stmeat October 14 2007, 05:52:09 UTC
wala talagang mga apostrophe? it's good, it's haunting.
(but wasn't it woolf who drowned herself?)

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gbyeapocalypse October 24 2007, 07:23:42 UTC
no apostrophes
but oh yeah it WAS woolf who drowned
i'll read about this poem and see if the author had a reason
or if he was just mistaken?

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