artwork: ralph murre
Ariel
by
Sharmagne Leland – St. John
for Sylvia Plath
1932 – 1963
in
Winthrop
beach
behind house
storm
behind cloud
beside
azalea path
near
the grave
of
Otto Plath
before
cloud
hid
sun
before
depression
had
begun
before
deceit
before
letters home
had
changed their tone
before
despair
on
Primrose Hill
no
band of angels
could
ever heal
nor
soothe
nor
salve
with
balm
or
metaphor
for
Ariel
she
is no more
~
first published in Contingencies (WynterBlue
Publishing)
