In anticipation of our upcoming translation issue, we recently published three pieces of prose about translation(s), two reviews and one interview. Check them out in the comments below!

Delighted to have this "rood" poem in LightPoetryMagazine's Poems of the Week. Thank you to Melissa Balmain, Kevin Durkin, & The Light Brigade for embracing it. Check out all the Poems of the Week at lightpoetrymagazine.com

#EasterHumor #EasterCandy #candy #chocolatecrosses

Coming Soon! NVR associate editors @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano recently completed work on a translation special issue. Watch for it late next month.

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper ... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

Today is #WorldPoetryDay,, in honor of which, I'm posting a sampling of some of the best poetry from the first two years of Forgotten Ground Regained. This is from the Fall 2025 issue:

"Hellhound" by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social

alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper ... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

Congratulations to @dacooperpoet.bsky.social!

His poem "Hellhound" is on @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Rhysling longlist.

Read it here: alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/

#alliterative #speculative #sff #scifi #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #rhysling #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🪐📚

Just an ordinary day for two sister missionaries, tracting through Dante's Inferno. But for one demon, it might mean a chance at redemption. Find out what happens in DA Cooper's "The Fallen." #LDS #poetry #Dante #religiouspoetry #religiousspeculative

This Joke Explains Iran Today Dark humor is sometimes the most reliable weapon.

Jokes for next year:

Like @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social, congrats to @sfpoetry.bsky.social's 2026 Rhysling Award nominees!

I am pleased to note that Forgotten Ground Regained has two poems on the list:

@dacooperpoet.bsky.social's "Hellhound"

@mrpoemguy.bsky.social's "Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation with Gas Giant"

The first issue of my crazy project is out! Order a copy and read about magical secret agents from the Republic of Deseret, fantastical retellings of scripture stories, possession, angels, astronauts, the problem of evil in Mistborn, CS Lewis's Perelandra from an LDS perspective, and more!

NVR's winter issue is available! Featuring @katiedozier.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social, @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social, @sethwieck.bsky.social, @kdawn999.bsky.social, @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social, @poetjs.bsky.social, and more!

Mental Health Pain Scale: When Your Psychiatrist is LDS - Irreantum D. A. Cooper is the poetry editor of Further Light: Science Fiction...

Another favorite poet of ours, DA Cooper, dives into...someone called this a meme, but I'm not sure that's quite right?

irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/23-1-mental-...

On Odin’s Journey, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper With an opening line, it all begins: / We’re formed when fire · and frost collide / deep inside · the soundless abyss ...

D.A. Cooper, "On Odin's Journey", in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained
alliteration.net/poetry/on-od... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets

I Raise My Voice, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper My soul delights · in the Lord my God / as I contemplate continually · his everlasting kindness. / But despite his goodness, my spirit grieves ..

"I Raise My Voice", a poem in alliterative verse by
@dacooperpoet.bsky.social in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained.

alliteration.net/poetry/i-rai...

#alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #psalms #meditation

Among the Drumlins, a poem in alliterative verse by Eric Colbourn The trees growing in this glen, this glacial kettle, / stand like silent friends that scribble truth / from leaf to leaf ...

Thrilled to have a new poem in the new issue of FGR, along with great work by @stevensearcy.bsky.social, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social, @rhunedhel.bsky.social and many others. Here's my alliterative tree psalm, written while with students in the amazing Arnold Arboretum:
alliteration.net/poetry/among...

New fiction from Lee Allred! We hope you enjoy "Opera of the Abyss, Part 1: Murder and the Rue Morgue." Join Field Agent Nils Lund of the Republic of Deseret as he pursues an unnatural monster and a stolen invention across the rooftops of Paris. With art by Kevin Wasden. #althistory #steampunk

New Year, New Magazine!

Starting next week, we'll begin publishing the wonderful things we've collected: new fiction about Latter-day Saints dealing with the supernatural, new essays about the connections between imagination and the gospel, and new poetry that delights and suprises!

Anyone who is a paid subscriber by the end of January will also receive a print copy of the magazine! Subscribe soon so you don't miss out.

We know it's been a little quiet around here, but that's all about to change! Further Light begins publishing next week! More details on our website.

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper ... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

Forgotten Ground Regained's sixth and final Pushcart nomination for 2025: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem, "Hellhound":

alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper ... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

Also in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem "Hellhound", inspired by a scene in Dante's Inferno. It imitates the Norse poetic form fornyrðislag.

alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Dante #inferno #hellhound #alliterative #poetry

A Review of To Be Opened After My Death by Midge Goldberg Review by D.A. Cooper

Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social:

newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

A Review of To Be Opened After My Death by Midge Goldberg Review by D.A. Cooper

Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social:

newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

Today at NVR, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social reviews Midge Goldberg's collection To Be Opened After My Death (Kelsay Books). This one will be of special interest to lovers of light verse! Link below:

New Verse Review is open from November 1 through November 30 for poetry submissions to its winter issue. We'd be honored if you shared your work with us. Full details below:

I recently had two alliterative poems published, one spiritual and one spooky. Thanks to Dialogue and FGR!
@dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social

alliteration.net/poetry/hellh...

www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...

I recently had two alliterative poems published, one spiritual and one spooky. Thanks to Dialogue and FGR!
@dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social

alliteration.net/poetry/hellh...

www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper ... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

@dacooperpoet.bsky.social's "Hellhound" imitates Norse epic meter (fornyrðislag).

8-line stanzas. Both stresses in odd lines should alliterate with the 1st stress in the next line. Cooper breaks with historic form by allowing a single alliteration in odd lines.
alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/

Call for Submissions, Issue 8 Submit your alliterative poems to Forgotten Ground Regained by January 1

Now that the current issue is out, here's the next open call for submissions for alliterative poetry.

Psalms and meditations ...

alliteration.net/info/call-fo... #submissionscall #alliteration #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

Are your kids texting about the Poetic Edda?