The Poetry Gallery contains lyrical poems, sonnets, songs, and villanelles by American poet Dorothea Barth.
My poetic inspiration comes from nature, the realms of fantasy, music, and matters of the heart. Occasionally, if I have an image that relates well to a particular poem, I have included it, but for the most part I prefer that the words are the messenger.
This website has recently been redesigned to make it easier to explore. Each poem is now linked to its own page and grouped by theme. Where a poem fits several categories, there may be some overlap. Sonnets and Villanelles are grouped separately regardless of theme.
Please contact the author if interested in publishing or licensing a poem by Dorothea Barth.
Breaking News....For the seventh year, Dorothea Barth's poetry has appeared in the Faeryland Calendar, published by Palazzo Editions and available through Barnes & Noble:
For the 2018 Calendar, not one but two poems have been chosen:
Not Just in Midsummer Found
Dark Faeries
Poems that have appeared in previous editions are listed here:
Wishing will appear in the 2017 Faeryland Calendar
Dances appeared in the 2016 Faeryland Calendar.
Will you Fly Back Perchance? was excerpted in the 2014 Faeryland Calendar.
Of the Earth appeared in the 2013 Faeryland Calendar.
Mortal to Mermaid was excerpted in the 2012 Faeryland Calendar.
Broken Wing appeared in the 2011 Faeryland Calendar
SONG
Christmas Brought the Stillness (completed 11/4/2015)
POEM FOR MY SISTER GEMMA
The Wings Grow Great and Bright Tonight (written 11/29/2016)
POEM FOR MY MOTHER
Catherine's Song
POEM FOR MY FATHER
Let No Judgment Resurrect - written on Father' Day, June 19, 2016
FAIRY, FANTASY, MYTHOLOGY, ENCHANTMENT
Wherever You May See - Completed 5/14/2017
Suspended - completed 10/25/2016
Not Just in Midsummer Found - completed 10/22/2016
Dark Faeries - completed 10/15/2016
Citrus Breezes, Blossoms Rare - completed 1/6/2016
The Wish - completed 12/9/2015
By Wistful Recollection - completed 10/1/2015
Might You Be Seeking Magic? - completed 10/1/2015
Wishing - completed 10/1/2015
Transformation - completed 2/19/2015
Standing Stones - completed 2/19/2015
Dances - completed 1/1/2015
Wings and Possibilities - completed 11/3/2014
Still Life Green - completed 11/3/2014
Effervescent Surge - completed 8/18/2014
Fuchsia Dancing Ladies - completed 8/17/2014
See Me Now - completed 8/17/2014
Come to Life - completed 5/13/2014
On Crinkled Blooms - 2014
Finding the Faery's Voice - 2014
Cottontail - 2013
Hearts and Wings - 2013
The Gathering - completed 12/13/2012
Life Beneath - completed 11/23/2012
Will You Fly Back Perchance? - completed 11/9/2012
Faeries of the Chaparral - completed 11/9/2012
Elves of the North Sea Mist
Autumn's Question
Riding Rood
Landscape of the Wee
Of the Earth (completed March 26, 2012)
Where Magic Is the Best (completed October 21, 2011)
Anna (Completed October 18, 2011)
Flower of the Bleeding Heart (posted 2/15/2011)
Royal Rondo (posted 5/2/2011)
Calistoga Kin (written 11/21/2011)
Mortal to Mermaid
Moment Musicale
Broken Wing
The Gnome, the Goose, and the Eucalypt
Faery of Late Winter
Berry Bourree
Seeking Kokopelli
Snowflake
Pickleweed Clan
Battle in the Strait
The Encounter
MUSIC AND DANCE
Ode to Sheet Music - written in 2009 but not uploaded until 2015!
When a Muse Alighted - written June 12, 2014 in honor of the 10th anniversary of Alina's Music Studio
Steiner Street
Concerts
Horse of Russian Winter
When I First Met Mendelssohn
The Fiddler or the Band
The Hypnotist
Grace (completed May 3, 2012)
Balanced Sword
Saturday in Sebastopol
NATURE
Gaia's Sculpted Art
Autumn's Question
Monarchs
Altered Shore
Seeing the Light
TRAVEL AND MAGIC PLACES
Capitol
Awakening
Seeking Kokopelli
Where the Grapes Are Grown
ANIMAL POEMS
Kiki and the Cub (completed 6/12/2014 for my niece Kiki)
Cottontail
For Sassy
Renegade
Berklee in the Blizzard
Song for the Sacred Ibis
MEDITATIVE POEMS
Petaluma Labyrinth
Awakening
Capitol
Flame Song
Balanced Sword
Monarchs
Altered Shore
Seeing the Light
Lost Hat
SONNETS
Posted below are sonnets in the Elizabethan style. Two of Dorothea Barth's sonnets (Asilomar and Rosewood to Redwood) were published in the 2010 issue of Yale University's SAGE Magazine.
Please contact the author if interested in publishing or licensing a sonnet by Dorothea Barth.
Without a Sound - 2013
Sonnet for Sixty-seven
Autumn's Question
Remembered Flight
Sunning
Dropped Letter
Alterations
Questions for the Chalice
Survival
Asilomar
Rosewood to Redwood
Drumroll
VILLANELLES
Posted below three villanelles. Please contact the author if interested in publishing or licensing a villanelle by Dorothea Barth.
Anniversary Villanelle
Puck's Villanelle
Surfing
