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Each Patience...

Each Patience goes around the Moon in Fire and in Rune- Waiting to announce Itself in all of itsʻ Illume! by Allie Jo Dreadfulwater August 31, 2019

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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Goodreads Book Review: A view from beneath the Bell Jar....ghostly and exquisite.  Protruding in escape from illusion, Plath is unmatched in depth of process and stride. A poet within the prose....a life within the poem, within death.  I first read the paperback edition of this book back in 2015 and was instantly taken with Plath; her vision was something that I had never had before- her sight a veil beyond what I have ever been able to see. I was horrified with a force that struck at me, clung to me...and evolved into a respect that I still cannot explain. Sylvia Plath visited her way into my soul.  I recently picked this book back up this week after my friend, Jimbo, read and reviewed it and found similar parallels. We have discussed a few of her poems on our poetry blog, Read Good Poetry , the last couple years and are currently in the process of a slightly more in-depth study of the poetry included in her book of poems, Ariel. I would highly recommend this book as

Somnia

Somnia Last night  the middle self strewn bare across the starry sky behind  my closed forehead.  I flew as the great  Blue Morpheus!  Eating  enough dust to  preen my scales and tidy the Wind; Essence of Ajna. by Allie Jo Dreadfulwater July 17, 2020 Authorʻs Notes: Chidakasha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidakasha Son of Sleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheus Blue Morpho Butterfly https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/species/blue-butterfly#:~:text=The%20blue%20morpho%20is%20among%20the%20largest%20butterflies,the%20backs%20of%20their%20wings%2C%20which%20reflect%20light.