For my 24th birthday in January 2024, I asked guests at my dinner party to bring a physical copy of a poem that they loved and thought I should have to keep. Kiki was so kind as to gift me this stunning hand-written version of The Couriers:
The bee drawing :’)
Here he is reading one of my personal favorites from Crossing the Water, Mirror:
I was lucky enough to borrow Kyle’s copies of Plath’s lesser-read collections Winter Trees, Crossing the Water, and The Colossus last month after I finally finished (the one and only) Ariel and was starving for more of her words.
How wonderful to fall in love with poets that your friends love as well!
It would have been enough to know her, but to share her is beyond delight.
A picture of Sylvia on Kyle’s wall.
Kyle’s favorite Colossus poem (which he, hot take, prefers over Ariel) is Blue Moles:
Here’s a short convo with Kyle about his relationship to The Couriers and Plath’s work:
(Apologies for my loud-ass laugh)
Here is me reading of one of her longer sequences, Poem for a Birthday:
And Tulips:
A thousand thank you’s to my beloved friend and residential Plath expert for letting me record him!
Hope you enjoy listening as much as I did :)
XOXO Gigi
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