Lady Lazarus

I have been spending my break between classes on Youtube, having just discovered something that causes me more joy than I ever could have imagined. Recordings of Syliva Plath, my most favorite poet, reading some of her poems. My poetry teacher plays these sorts of things in class, but I never knew that they could be so accessible…even now, as I type, I can hear her beautiful and elaborate voice as it dances over “The Stones”

I understand that to draw this much joy and awe from such a recording makes me even more of a poetry nerd. Think of it as if your favorite book stood up and read itself to you. The poems almost transform as they cross her lips, and I am left, dumbfounded and terribly absorbed in it all. I’m sorry if this post comes out in chunks, I’m just having trouble sharing with you what this is like…

maybe you should just see for yourself.

Here is “Daddy” , “The Applicant” , “Lady Lazarus” , “The Stones” , and “Ariel”