Patti Smith Pays Haunting Tribute to Sylvia Plath with ‘The Moon and the Yew Tree’

Patti Smith’s connection to Sylvia Plath runs deep. In M Train, she calls Plath an artist who makes her want to write—and when she reads The Moon and the Yew Tree, you can feel that reverence in every word. It’s a raw, haunting tribute to a poet whose words still cut like glass.