Dorothea Barth Musician and WriterElegant Violin Music for your Wedding or Special EventCeltic Sheet Music Arrangements
Original CompositionsPoetry and Prose

by Dorothea Barth ©2011

Thankful  for the stillness
The rainfall in the wood
The lichens and the falling leaves
Where once a cabin stood

Grandma's long departed
The wolf has gone away
No danger in the forest
No hunter here today

Not  Little Red but big and beige
Autumnal Riding Hood
That fearful day forgotten
Where once a cabin stood

Blessed by nature's bounty
Befriended by the beast
Gathering  the berries
Savoring the  feast

Written Thanksgiving Day, 2011 in the Napa Valley

NEWSFLASH 8/2/2013:  Riding Hood was published in Issue 114, Home & Hearth of Circle Magazine.