Winter Trees by Sylvia Plath Helen Ivory Markie Burnhope

Markie Burnhope

Here are odes to the women who dared to break new ground – from Miss Jemima Morrell

Thomas Lux

he eloquently confronts issues of race

Winter Trees by Sylvia Plath Helen Ivory Markie BurnhopeThe poems in Winter Trees were written in the last nine months of Sylvia Plaths life, and form part of the group from which the Ariel poems were chosen. They reveal the poet at the height of her creative powers, exhibiting the startling imagery and dramatic play for which she became known. Published posthumously in 1971, this valuable collection finds its place alongside The Colossus and Ariel in the oeuvre of a singular talent. Nearly all the poems