March 16th, 2010 / 10:14 am
 Craft Notes & Random

Dear HTMLGIANT,

My friend cowfish

I miss you!

There’s an essay about sound and syntax in Plath’s poem “Nick and the Candlestick” in the latest Writer’s Chronicle. I haven’t read it. But I will on my way to Atlanta today. “Nick and the Candlestick” is one of my favorite Plath poems. Her line breaks fuck shit up.

Here’s a taste:

Old cave of calcium
Icicles, old echoer.
Even the newts are white,

Those holy Joes.
And the fish, the fish—
Christ! they are panes of ice,

A vice of knives,
A piranha
Religion, drinking

It’s first communion out of my live toes. …

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2 Comments

  1. March 16th, 2010 / 5:50 pm Jhon Baker—

      I will have to look this article up, this is one of my favorites to listen to from her. I have a bunch of recordings that I’ve recently digitized and have been playing them over and over. I am currently making my way through her unabridged Journals, I love the way she wraps herself in language.

  2. March 16th, 2010 / 1:50 pm Jhon Baker—

      I will have to look this article up, this is one of my favorites to listen to from her. I have a bunch of recordings that I’ve recently digitized and have been playing them over and over. I am currently making my way through her unabridged Journals, I love the way she wraps herself in language.