All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, January 4, 2010
German mythologist and author Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm (of the famous Brothers Grimm) was born on January 4, 1785.
Jakob Grimm and his brother, Wilhelm Grimm, wrote hundreds of fairy tales, which are still popular today. Among the most famous are "Hansel and Gretel," "Little Red Riding Hood,” “Rapunzel” and "Snow White."
Jakob Grimm and his brother, Wilhelm Grimm, wrote hundreds of fairy tales, which are still popular today. Among the most famous are "Hansel and Gretel," "Little Red Riding Hood,” “Rapunzel” and "Snow White."
It’s Monday – time for Monday Mayhem at the Meme Express. The Meme Express for today offers this prompt:fairy tales
What is your favorite fairy tale? How is your life like a fairy tale . . . or not?
Here’s “Young at Heart,” recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1954, to spark your creative writing muse:
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Fairly Tales - Dreaming and Scheming . . . or Letting Off Steaming
ReplyDeleteWho hasn't dreamt of an enchanted, magical and wonderful fairy tale life? From the opening line to the final page, reality may conflict sharply with our imagined existence. Where do we draw the line between "once upon a time" and simply in our minds?
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Pour My Soul on Paper
ReplyDeleteWhy does a writer write? Why do storytellers spin their yarns? What makes a poet ponder and put pen to paper? This NaisaiKu poem considers such concepts.
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Weavings and Believings -
ReplyDeletePoem - subtitled "A Rhymed Affair on Tales We Share" - "The storyteller spins his tale To banish sadness and travail. His yarn, he weaves, the stuff of dreams, Imaginings, drawn to extremes....."
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CRAMPING MY STYLE
ReplyDeleteAn enchanting Russian fairy tale about SNOW here
ReplyDeletehttp://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2009/06/snow-daughter.html