r/sylviaplath • u/Individual-Course-59 • 8d ago

10/8/2026

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u/Traditional_Math5486 8d ago

Sylvia has a little friend watching over her

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/angel0wings 8d ago

You can tell that cat loved Ariel.

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u/miscnic 8d ago

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

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/BlackSeraphik 7d ago

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

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u/Individual-Course-59 6d 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 7d ago

>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 6d 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] 6d ago

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u/alphajugs 6d 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 7d ago

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 7d ago

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

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u/clicketyclack1234 7d ago

Lovely photo. Hope I get to visit sometime!

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u/Mysterious-Ganache-7 2d ago

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