A Grimm tale in response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetry To The Third Power Once upon a time, a father said to his three sons: ‘I am growing old and about to die; I am poor and have no money But I will give you each a gift. Go to a place […]
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More of ‘The Juniper Tree’
Part 2 Not knowing how to shirk the blame, The wicked stepmother was afraid; She searched for a handkerchief To secure her stepson’s head And then she sat him on a stool As if he were not dead Under the juniper tree With an apple in his hand. Running in from the garden To find […]
The Juniper Tree – a Grimm tale
After months of writing poems based on fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, I decided to look for some more obscure and lesser-known fairy tales to inspire me. I started with the Brothers Grimm and found one called ‘The Juniper Tree’, which I hadn’t come across before. Part 1 A long, long time ago, a […]
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