Something I most enjoy while reading Sylvia Plath’s poetry is the clear visual depictions of very abstract and intangible things such as grief, disassociation, and the overwhelming nature of thoughts. That being said, Plath does not write so clearly as to rid the work of all mystique or intrigue. “Elm” is a good example of […]
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“The Problem of Anxiety” is its timlessness
The Problem of anxiety, as posed and described by John Ashbery in his thus-titled poem is not that anxiety does not stop you from living rather, it colors your life in ways that make living harder, bleaker, duller, hungrier even. There is an accurate sense of timelessness to anxiety that Ashbery captures within the […]
Born into this…
The pressure of life weighs upon us, Presses upon us— There is no relief from the expectations, From the “opportunities,” From the responsibilities. Each day I see people being swept away, Away from peace and contentment, Swept toward frustrations, Toward commitment, Into expectations, Commitments, Obligations, Into more and more work. We are born into this. […]