Dorothea Barth
Prose and Poetry

 Rehearsal in Fairyland. Richard Doyle (1870)

Welcome to Dorothea Barth's Prose and Poetry website.

This site includes:

• A list of available writing by genre, title, description, and word count 
• A list of previously published articles
• A gallery of online prose
• A gallery of online poetry 

Dorothea Barth's writing includes essays, interviews, short fiction, and poetry.
Her subject matter includes music, dance, travel, wedding/bridal, spirituality, immigration, nostalgia, pets, family, and humor. Her writing has been published on four continents.

Visitors looking for Celtic arrangements and original compositions by Dorothy  Barth, please visit her music website at www.flutesoffancy.com

The Name Game

Dorothea Barth has also written under the following names: Dorothy Barth, Dorothy van Joolen-Barth. and Dorothée Barth.

She was born in The Netherlands, where one version of her first name was Dorothée. After moving to the U.S., she Americanized her name to Dorothy but later continued to use Dorothée in some of her writing.

After she married, she decided to embrace her roots, having finally grown into Dorothea. 

Key Words: Dorothea Barth prose, poetry, music essays, wedding articles, lifestyle articles, nostalgic stories, travel essays, animal stories, literary short fiction, romantic short fiction, available writing, published writing

Contact Dorothea Barth

Editors are welcome to contact Dorothea Barth

• to acquire an article or poem either for first-time use or reprint
• to suggest or commission a new article 

Available articles can generally be submitted within one week of notification of interest. 

Though Dorothea Barth's process is generally to "write first and pitch later," she is open to commissioned articles. Completion time for such articles will depend upon length and subject matter.