Fairy Tale Workshop ~ Maria Ott Tatham

Category: fairy tales

  • An interesting kind of poetry

    Ekphrastic Poetry “There is a special term to describe literary depictions of visual works of art: ekphrasis. Poems about pictures or paintings are, then, ekphrastic poems.” Dr. Oliver Teale, 10 of the Best Ekphrastic Poems about Pictures Frederick Hall – Cinderella Cinderella is one of my favorite fairy tales. Its…

  • Fairy Tales – What’s inside?

    Interest, curiosity, excitement, suspense, horror, joy, relief!

  • My work in progress ~ A book of Christian fairy tales

    “Sleeping Beauty” by Edward Frederick Brewtnall The fairy tales I’m retelling are the usual ones: Cinderella, Snow White, Briar Rose and Beauty and the Beast. I’m thinking about a subtitle. Rossini’s opera La Cenerentola (Cinderella) has a subtitle that’s corny but inspiring: ossia la bontà in trionfo. This translates, “or,…

  • Poem

    Fairy Tales In fairy tales we find things quaint, sweet, or unexpected. In fairy tales we find things profound or horrible, wheelbarrows filled with toads and gems, lions and hares, an ogre’s castle, fog and mist, starlight, ships’ lanterns, enchanted isles, a forest not nicked by an axe, a magical…