Winter Trees - A poem by Sylvia Plath


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Sylvia Plath - Winter Trees

The wet dawn inks are doing their blue dissolve.
On their blotter of fog the trees
Seem a botanical drawing --
Memories growing, ring on ring,
A series of weddings.

Knowing neither abortions nor bitchery,
Truer than women,
They seed so effortlessly!
Tasting the winds, that are footless,
Waist-deep in history --

Full of wings, otherworldliness.
In this, they are Ledas.
O mother of leaves and sweetness
Who are these pietàs?
The shadows of ringdoves chanting, but chasing nothing.

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Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Winter Trees Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1962 Comment 4 of 4, added on April 18th, 2006 at 6:54 PM. blurry winter morning, it's all surreal, but here we are, alive in woman - human bodies. feeling footless, able to fly by watching birds calling through the picture of cold. a rereadable and vivid poem. sandil from Canada Comment 3 of 4, added on January 4th, 2006 at 5:19 PM. This is the first Plath poem I ever read, and the morbidity of it is very beautiful in a haunting kind of way. She seems to curse her womanhood...I can identify with that feeling. Nicole from United States Comment 2 of 4, added on September 25th, 2004 at 3:19 PM. this poem, like all of her others, just gives me such a deep haunting feeling. through her words you feel something in a way that only sylvia seems to do. it's like seeing things through her eyes. Katelyn from Canada More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Winter Trees, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Sylvia Plath with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Winter Trees Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1962 Last read: Jul 25 2008, 3:51PM Viewed 6577 times. Added on September 25th, 2004 at 3:19 PM.

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