"Like honey dripping to a waiting mouth" (Goblin Market: Laura+Lizzie, goblin men; R)

[innie_darling]

I also wanted to try to write something entirely different for this Yuletide, and considered a number of song and painting fandoms before suddenly seeing "Goblin Market" on the spreadsheet. I completely love the poem, and wrote about it in my dissertation, and thought it would be rewarding to take on. A great prompt from

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[aelfgyfu_mead]

Wow. I was afraid to read at first because it's such a wonderful poem, but I love how your poem illuminates Rossetti's. Thank you. (I hope your Yuletide recipient liked it as well as I did!)

[innie_darling]

Thank you! I know exactly what you mean about being afraid - I didn't want to poison the well of my love for this poem either, by writing something terrible. Ultimately I felt that enough images had suggested themselves to me that I had something worth putting down.

My recipient left lovely feedback, so I'm assuming she liked it. I'm very glad you did too!