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On Senlac Ridge: A poem in allitertive verse by Geoff Boxell ... Humble man should not ‧ of almighty God ask / the reasons he acts, or of the dooms he sends: / Just ours to accept ‧ and mourn what is lost.

Geoff Boxell, "On Senlac Ridge", a poem about the Battle of Hastings, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/on-senlac-ridge/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #hastings #senlac #poetrysky #poetrylovers

Blog post! How I tried to link alliterative verse passages and half-lines into surrounding terza rima structures.

This one gets into the formal weeds, so, like, fair warning if you click on the link!
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Not Rattling - An alliterative poem on a peaceful snake. ... Taking its time, your tongue flicks slowly, / testing our purpose, tasting the peace.

David Ring, "Not Rattling", on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/not-rattling/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

The Grave of Sir Gawain In the end, Gawain’s story isn’t about winning. It’s about waking up. I walk to his final resting place and contemplate how he faced the greatest peril of all.

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October 14th: A poem in alliterative verse by P.D. Brown A toast I make · to a true English king / To Harold Godwinson · and his housecarles fierce / Who plied the pole-axe · like a prow through red water ...

"October 14th", an elegy for Harold Godwinson, the loser at Hastings, by P.D. Brown, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/october-14th/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #hastings #medievalsky #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #english #history

Oathbinder: A Poem in Alliterative Verse A weapon fit for kings / Made for making knights / Whose oath of fealty rings / And lifts all to new heights.

"Oathbinder", a #scadian poem by Corrie Bergeron, AKA Ollaṁ Brendan O Corraidhe.

alliteration.net/poetry/oathbinder/ #alliterative #poem #mysca #sca #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers #creative #anachronism

O Wonder-Worker: An Alliterative Verse Version of Psalm 77 ...Without stopping I stretched out my hand / all through the night; my anguished soul, / fretting and brooding, refused to take comfort ...

Kathryn Ann Hill, "O Wonder Worker", an alliterative paraphrase of Psalm 77, on Forgotten Ground Regained.

alliteration.net/poetry/o-wonder-worker/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #davidic #biblical #psalm #poem #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #writingcommunity

Look to safety in the light of the lantern. #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #blog #alliteration #sifaswriting

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O Lord, I Call! (After Psalm 5): A poem in alliterative verse O Lord, I call! / Please listen to my cry! / Consider well the words my soul / Pours forth ...

"O Lord I Call" ... my alliterative take on Psalm 5

alliteration.net/poetry/o-lord-i-call-after-psalm-5/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #bible #davidic #psalm #poem #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Excerpt from Either/Or: All the Rage, a poem in alliterative verse by Aaron Poochigian ... To Hell with it: Glock-Nine held overhead, you pop off replies, and pillars of components, wired spires, explode in sparks ...

An excerpt from Aaron Poochigian's "Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage"

alliteration.net/poetry/excerpt-from-eitheror-all-the-rage/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #dystopian #verse #novel #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

The Fleece: An Alliterative Poem by Audrey Hampton ... Rot-tongue robbers hold the reins / And faced with fury they will feign / An innocence they will insist /Should draft a different man to die ...

For #vssdaily #insurrection, let me plug Audrey Hampton's poem, "The Fleece"...

alliteration.net/poetry/the-fleece/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

The Fleece: An Alliterative Poem by Audrey Hampton ... Rot-tongue robbers hold the reins / And faced with fury they will feign / An innocence they will insist /Should draft a different man to die ...

For #vssdaily #insurrection, let me plug Audrey Hampton's poem, "The Fleece"...

alliteration.net/poetry/the-fleece/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Mother's Song (extract) -- from an alliterative poem on the Ideses, or Mothers (~~ the Norse Norns) ... Wailing and bloody, / the babe is brought to breast and milk. / The cord is cut. Cradling her womb-song ..

Excerpt from "Mother's Song" by @mathjones.bsky.social on Forgotten Ground Regained:

alliteration.net/poetry/mothers-song/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #mother #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers

Excerpt from Mr. Either/Or, a novel in alliterative verse by Aaron Poochigian Stay for a stand-off? / Stupid talk. / Dutchie’s dead, / and duty dictates / you steal his stash ...

Excerpt from Mr. Either/Or, by Aaron Poochigian, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/excerpt-from-mr-eitheror/ #alliterative #poetry #dystopian #gangster #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse

Excerpt from Mr. Either/Or, a novel in alliterative verse by Aaron Poochigian Stay for a stand-off? / Stupid talk. / Dutchie’s dead, / and duty dictates / you steal his stash ...

Excerpt from Mr. Either/Or, by Aaron Poochigian, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/excerpt-from-mr-eitheror/ #alliterative #poetry #dystopian #gangster #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse

#weldon_kees

Among Others: A Novel (Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel) Among Others: A Novel (Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel)

My Hugo and Nebula award winning novel Among Others about a science fiction reading girl with fantasy problems is on sale as an ebook for $2.99 www.amazon.com/Among-Others...

Mother's Song (extract) -- from an alliterative poem on the Ideses, or Mothers (~~ the Norse Norns) ... Wailing and bloody, / the babe is brought to breast and milk. / The cord is cut. Cradling her womb-song ..

Excerpt from "Mother's Song" by @mathjones.bsky.social on Forgotten Ground Regained:

alliteration.net/poetry/mothers-song/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #mother #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers

The latest SFPA Poetry Round-up is out!
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Heads up!

So maybe now we know why they've been so strongly against voting by mail.

I've been wanting to get a nice copy of The Poetic Edda with Old Norse alongside the translation and I found this lovely site! It even has some footnotes for kennings

www.voluspa.org/poeticedda.htm

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Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3

You were a fantastic tutorial partner, Catherine!! 😆 I so enjoyed our conversation! There’s nothing better than an intellectual and emotional deep dive into English poetry!

An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries | IwPost The Kalevala, a poetic epic filled with myth, reflects the shared roots between Finnish and Karelian cultures.

An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries   #Ancientepics #Ancienttexts #Ancientwisdom #Europeanhistory #Finland #Literature #Mythology #Nationalism #Religionandethics #Russia #Scandinavia

The Opening of the Háttatal, paraphrased in alliterative verse by Math Jones What’re the skills, the skull-craft, / the skald shall need? / I can think of three ...

And here is @mathjones.bsky.social's version of the opening of the Hattatal ...

alliteration.net/poetry/a-the-opening-of-the-httatal/

This disease seems to be catching.

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Bookshop.org is teaming up with Draft2Digital to allow self-publishers to sell ebooks on the Bookshop platform www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...