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Open Letter to Sylvia Plath
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Dear Sylvia,

It was around this time 10 years ago that my Mom bought the collection of your journals for me.

Back then, I wanted so badly to be a writer. I remember studying your rhyme schemes in my spare time, learning and practicing your use of in-rhyme, emulating your skill of alliteration. It meant so much to me, feeling like an apprentice to your craftsmanship.

I've gone back to reading poetry again, starting with "Ariel," and poems that I once overlooked, the tender ones, have all-new meaning for me, and the ones I loved most, the darker ones, now make my blood chill with capacity.

I'm wondering if I can get that tattoo I think about.

-Melissa

From "Tulips":

The tulips should be behind bars like dangerous animals;
They are opening like the mouth of some great African cat,
And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes
Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.


--Plath



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