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Poetry Gallery

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

 

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