The poems in Winter Trees were written in the last nine months of Sylvia Plath's life & 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 & dramatic play for which she became known Published posthumously in 1971 this valuable collection finds its place alongside The Colossus & Ariel in the oeuvre of a singular talent' Nearly all the poems here have the familiar Plath daring the same feel of bits of frightened vibrant indignant consciousness translated instantly into words & images that blend close experienced horror & icy sardonic control' New Statesman'A book that anyone seriously interested in poetry now must have Sylvia Plath's immense gift is evident throughout' Guardian