Sylvia Plath

Black lake， black boat， two black， cut-paper people.

Where do the black trees go that drink here？

Their shadows must cover Canada.

A little light is filtering from the water flowers.

Their leaves do not wish us to hurry：

They are round and flat and full of dark advice.

Cold worlds shake from the oar.

The spirit of blackness is in us， it is in the fishes.

A snag is lifting a valedictory， pale hand；

Stars open among the lilies.

Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens？

This is the silence of astounded souls.

【與詩說】西爾維婭·普拉斯，是繼艾米莉·狄金森和伊麗莎白·畢肖普之后最重要的美國女詩人，也是美國自白派詩人的代表。20世紀80年代，西爾維婭·普拉斯的詩歌傳入我國，并對國內(nèi)的詩歌創(chuàng)作產(chǎn)生了重要影響。西爾維婭·普拉斯因其富有激情和創(chuàng)造力的重要詩篇留名于世，又因其與另一位英國詩人泰德·休斯的情感變故而自殺的戲劇化人生，成為英美文學界一個長久的話題。