Sylvia Plath, a visual essay. Music: Two Witches - Dracula Rising (1997), Schubert - Trio in E Flat Major (1827) from sylvia steinmetz Watch Video

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Although I have done a number of short serious tributes to this possibly last American luminary of the world of poetry, this is my first substantial visual essay. Here in this part of New York trapped between the Midwest, Canada, and New England, partly all of them and partly none of the above, it is still February 11, 2024: 61 years since the poet Sylvia Plath departed from this veil of tears by her own hand in 1963. In America, at least, the anniversary is still active.<br/><br/>This is part documentary, largely about her move to Cambridge, partly docudrama from the film Sylvia (2003), part photo images, and part poetry with image and narration.<br/><br/>The latter film excerpts are from Sylvia's Ariel period in autumn 1962, and from that I chose, due to an unfortunate need for brevity, her poem \