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Notes Many of these poems make reference to classic fairy tales adapted by Giambattista Basile, the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Madame de Beaumont, Hans Christian Andersen, and Joseph Jacobs. “Faeries, come take me out of this dull world” is from the play The Land of Heart’s Desire by William Butler Yeats. The poem “Bluebeard” is for Brittany Chapman. “Tongue-Cut Sparrow” is based on the Japanese folktale by the same title as adapted by Teresa Peirce Williston. “Me for my dumb . . .” is a line from William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet LXXXV” The title “How Owl Girl decided to emigrate and the consequences of her first attempt” is adapted from a chapter title in the Jose Marmol novel, Amalia. The title “No More Dying Then” is adapted from William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet CXLVI.” “This page intentionally left blank” ...

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