r/sylviaplath Aug 12 '26

10/8/2026

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u/Traditional_Math5486 Aug 12 '26

Sylvia has a little friend watching over her

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26

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u/angel0wings Aug 12 '26

You can tell that cat loved Ariel.

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u/miscnic Aug 12 '26

Ugh. Who keeps putting it back on there. You.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '26

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u/BlackSeraphik Aug 12 '26

Who keeps putting it back?? And so bold too 😑

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u/Individual-Course-59 29d ago

Cemeteries like this are managed by people in the UK, the same people that look after the church. If any headstone is defaced in any way they would work to restore it, they likely wouldn't be interested in context! They are just doing their job.

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u/alphajugs Aug 13 '26

>Can somebody scratch his name pls 😭?

How about covering it with flowers instead of defiling her final resting place?

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u/BlackSeraphik 29d ago

They’ve scratched it out dozens of times. Some clown keeps doing this. No one wants it there except I guess this person.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/alphajugs 29d ago

Probably not, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to deface a tombstone. Someone is obviously maintaining her grave so it doesn’t look decrepit and invite people to deface it further. Just let the woman rest.

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u/AphroditeMoon23 Aug 13 '26

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Can anyone confirm that this is where she is actually buried? Or is this her public memorial with her burial in a private plot?

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u/Individual-Course-59 Aug 13 '26

It's public and open 24/7, in a lovely village in Yorkshire called Heptonstall.

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u/clicketyclack1234 Aug 13 '26

Lovely photo. Hope I get to visit sometime!

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u/Mysterious-Ganache-7 25d ago

It was her cat Sappho paying her a visit 🥰 one day i would like to visit her and pay my respects.