Quotes by Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems

Explore a curated collection of 11 quotes by Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

I didn’t want any flowers, I only wantedTo lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.How free it is, you have no — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper,Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of starsLetting in the light, peepho — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
Not easy to state the change you made.If I'm alive now, I was dead,Though, like a stone, unbothered by it. — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here. — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
I?I walk alone;The midnight streetSpins itself from under my feet;My eyes shutThese dreaming houses all snuff out;Throug — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
I Am VerticalBut I would rather be horizontal.I am not a tree with my root in the soilSucking up minerals and motherly l — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
I dreamed that you bewitched me into bedAnd sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.(I think I made you up inside my — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
Although, I admit, I desire,Occasionally, some backtalkFrom the mute sky, I can't honestly complain:A certain minor ligh — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me. — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
I am your opus. — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems
Wind warns November’s done with. The blown leaves make bat-shapes, Web-winged and furious. — Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems