Dorothea Barth - Poetry Gallery

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 fourth consecutive year, Dorothea Barth's poetry has been excerpted for the Faeryland Calendar, published by Palazzo Editions and available through Barnes & Noble:

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

POEM FOR MY MOTHER

Catherine's Song

FAIRY, FANTASY, MYTHOLOGY, ENCHANTMENT

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

MUSIC AND DANCE

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

TRAVEL AND MAGIC PLACES

Capitol

Awakening

Seeking Kokopelli

Where the Grapes Are Grown

ANIMAL POEMS

For Sassy

Renegade

Berklee in the Blizzard

Song for the Sacred Ibis

MEDITATIVE POEMS

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.

Sonnet for Sixty-seven

Questions for the Chalice