zukuch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thank you a lot for this song about my favourite poet! I also would like to meet such inspiring person as she were...oh, sylvia plathyou crossed our pathwe took a bathin your poetryyou kissed our painful wrathsleep well, sylvia plath...

jamesblackburnlynch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Okay, yes, that's fine. But...how will Sylvia Plath tell him that "it will all be okay?" I love this song, but I just find that to be a painful thought. Of all people, how could Sylvia Plath help? I'm sure that's not an accident, but I don't get it.

timbezemer1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

is there somebody who`s better?

amblin89 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i like this version better than the studio...does anyone have an mp3 of this?

mandella45 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think that was the point... in the song, he's in love w/ a woman who is long gone & unattainable.

syouth78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It would have been better if he'd kept it general. It's great that he likes Plath, but as it stands it just sounds like he has an obsessive crush on a dead poet.

Dorian8va (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

cool of you to honor Sylvia in song- well done

mlobato34 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This song takes no stance on whether anne sexton was a better poet than sylvia! It's simply Ryan Adams being great as he always is. So why not just embrace that and enjoy the song... Bottom line is he liked sylvia plath's work and wrote a song about her nothing to get mad about at all! The song is amazing!!!

emuhunter1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Unfortunately not. He has a fanbase here, but I think Americans (speaking as one) generally have to be told what to like (either by critics or the mainstream media). Ryan Adams isn't widely covered by the mainstream media, and isn't highly thought of by critics so he's kind of in limbo in that regard.

plathpat (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I would not Anne Sexton was not at ALL a better poet than Sylvia Plath. Although they parallel in the confessional poetry and feminist movement they are very different. Sylvia has an original voice that will always stand on its own and could never ever be compared to anyone else. She is a great pioneer in American literature.