Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 hours ago

Volund's Revenge: An Alliterative Poem Describing a Scene from the Poetic Edda One lost liberty / by loosened bonds / that snidely snipped / were snaring trammels: / caught by the cutting / of cords away, release of bondage / laid it upon him...

There's no vengeance like making a goblet from the skull of our enemy's child.

"Volund's Revenge", by Rahul Gupta

alliteration.net/poetry/volunds-revenge/

#volund #wayland #smith #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #viking #norse #poem #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 hours ago

Unmoved, by Donald Mace Williams ... numinous, pale, / I stand as sorceress, · summoning weather, / guiding, inspiring · my scornful adorers.

"Unmoved", an Anglo-Saxon style riddle by Donald Mace Willams on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/unmoved/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #riddle #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

18 hours ago

Unfathomable (Isaiah 40:25-31) by Kathryn Ann Hill “To whom will you compare Me?” the Holy One asks. / “Or who is My equal in all the earth?” ...

“To whom will you compare Me?” the Holy One asks.
“Or who is My equal in all the earth?”

From "Unfathomable", Kathryn Ann Hill's alliterative verse paraphrase of Isaiah 40:25-31.

alliteration.net/poetry/unfathomable/

#alliterative #poem #alliterativeverse #bible #poetry #God #isaiah #poetrysky

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 day ago

The Dream of the Rood: An Alliterative Verse Translation from the Old English ... Of old I was formed for fiercest torture, / most foul to folk, before I fetched them, / heroes in hall, the highway to life ...

In honor of Good Friday: William G. Carpenter's translation of the famous Old English poem, "The Dream of the Rood".

alliteration.net/poetry/the-d... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #Christ #GoodFriday #crucifixion #OldEnglish #Anglo-Saxon #poem #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #poetrysky

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 day ago

Today is the birthday of Daniel G. Hoffman, the 22nd US Poet Laureate. Here's one of his poems, "The Coming of Robin Hood", published in the Sewannee Review.

www.jstor.org/stable/27538... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #hoffman #poet #laureate #robinhood

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

4 days ago

Under the Eye by Michael Helsem ... He leapt up in the half light / of lamps & lucent moon. / I hadn't thought to be so met / any more than he ...

"Under the Eye" by @graywyvern.bsky.social on Forgotten Ground Regained.

alliteration.net/poetry/under-the-eye/ #alliterative #poetry #ecopoetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

4 days ago

Two Riddles: Poems in alliterative verse by Ian Greenwood Two Old English style riddles. Guess them if you can.

"Two Riddles" by Ian Greenwood, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/two-r... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #medievalsky #alliterativeverse #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

4 days ago

The Exiles Return (Isaiah 49:8-13) by Kathryn Ann Hill ... I will make You My pledge to My own people, / to re-establish estates and restore the land, / that You may call forth the feeble captives, / and summon into the light those sitting in darkness ...

A poem for the fourth Sunday in Lent.

"The Exiles Return" (Isaiah 49:8-13) by Kathryn Ann Hill on Forgotten Ground Regained
alliteration.net/poetry/the-exiles-return-isaiah-498-13/
#alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #bible #prophet #isaiah #lent #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

4 days ago

Toad's Porch -- An Alliterative Poem by David B Finch ... Sitting on soft · and seeping grasses / where a rivulet runs · right to the edge, / I glance out · over the glacial valley ...

"Toad's Porch", by David B. Ring, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/toads... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #ecopoetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #poetsofBlueSky

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

4 days ago

To Varius: An Alliterative Translation of Horace's Ode, 1.6 ... Who else is worthy to write · of well-armored Mars / in his metal-hard tunic, or of Meriones, / his figure turned dark · with Trojan dirt ...

"To Varius", Horace (Odes 1.6), translated by Kevin Corbett, on Forgotten Ground Regained

Latin hexameters seem to translate pretty easily to alliterative verse.

alliteration.net/poetry/to-varius/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #classicsky #latin #poet #horace #varius #poetrysky

Mr Ben

@mrben16.bsky.social

5 days ago

Poem 836 – Holy Monday In deft defiance, an act of holy disorder,The tables are turned within the Temple Courts,And many moneychangers made to moan. An act of targeted terrorism orThe perfect protest made to pilloryThe p…

Poem 836 - Holy Monday
Jesus turns the tables
odefortheday.art/2026/03/30/p...
#Poetry #Easter #HolyMonday #AlliterativeVerse

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

5 days ago

The Yule Tree: A Poem in Alliterative Verse by Patricia Masson ... None could doubt who saw it / how holy and haunted · that hallow of the god, / the eldest of oak; of all in the forest / greatest in girth ...

Patricia Masson, "The Yule Tree" on Forgotten Ground Regained.

The Season Requires a Sacrifice.

alliteration.net/poetry/the-yule-tree/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #yule #tree #pagan #sacrifice
#poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

5 days ago

The Woodchuck: A Poem in Alliterative Verse by Rachel Trousdale Listen! to the lay · of the loathsome lurker, / grumbling grabber, the greedy groundhog ...

"The Woodchuck" by @rvtrousdale.bsky.social on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/the-woodchuck/
#alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #woodchuck #humor #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #light-verse

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 days ago

The Werewolf, an alliterative Shakespearean sonnet ... That beast obeys the lit abyss above — / its Moon is here! My wounds, they hurt me more... / yet, frail, I’ve seldom felt so strong before.

"The Werewolf", by @anthonyetherin.bsky.social, on Forgotten Ground Regained.

alliteration.net/poetry/the-w... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #werewolf #sonnet #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #folklore

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 days ago

The Westfarer by James S. Dorr: A Poem in Alliterative Verse ... To east, dawn, beginnings, destiny's first day, / The morning of men's lives, of mead and brave sailings; / To west, only endings ...

James S. Dorr, "The Westfarer", on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/the-westfarer/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #viking #vinland #poetry #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #scifi #dorr

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 days ago

The Vineyard Loved by the Lord of Hosts (Isaiah 5:1-7 in alliterative verse) ... For the vineyard loved by the Lord of Hosts / is the house of Israel and the house of Judah. / But where He sought justice, He saw oppression ...

Kathryn Ann Hill, "The Vineyard Loved by the Lord of Hosts" on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/the-v... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #isaiah #vineyard #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 days ago

The Talisman: An Alliterative Accentual Poem Set in Greenland ... narwhals twined · with the Talelayo / whose severed fingers · fluttered like fishes / or dreams drawn · from the depths of a stone.

Timothy Murphy, "The Talisman", on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/talis...
#alliterative #formalist #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #greenland #norse #inuit

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

6 days ago

The Swan's Song: An Alliterative Translation of the Old English Poem ... White fingers bring me · for breakfast Mont Blanc, / and I develop · on earth's negative / the prints proving · a presence absent ...

"The Swan's Song" -- translated from the Old English by Osage poet and Old English scholar Carter Revard

alliteration.net/poetry/swans...
#alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #OldEnglish #Anglo-Saxon #riddle #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #CarterRevard #osage #poet

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Song of Daniel, Chapter One ... Now the king charged the chief of his eunuchs / to bring from his captives the best of young men, / unblemished in body and brilliant of brain ...

Kathryn Ann Hill, "The Song of Daniel" on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/song-of-daniel-1/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #bible #daniel #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Severn: A poem in alliterative verse by Damon Lord The Severn’s ceaseless, serpentine flow -- / Lengthy miles leads ‧ the longest path of the British Isles ...

Damon Lord, "The Severn", on Forgotten Ground Regained

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

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Seafarer - An Alliterative Verse Translation of the Old English Poem THIS is the truth: the way I toiled / distraught, for days on end / enduring cares and bitter bale / within my breast ...

"The Seafarer", translated from the Anglo-Saxon by Charles Harrison Wallace, on Forgotten Ground Regained.

alliteration.net/poetry/seafarer/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Scribes, by Donald Mace Williams Lofty and literate · they leave behind / letterless kin · in their kingdom’s ranks ...

"The Scribes", an Anglo-Saxon style riddle by Donald Mace Williams on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/the-scribes/ #alliterative #poetry #anglo-saxon #riddle #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #poetsofBlueSky

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Scop of Streoneshall: A poem in alliterative verse by L.A. Hood ... And soon he slept. Then someone appeared / Deep in his dreams, drawing ever near, / And calling his name. “Caedmon, sing ...

"The Scop of Streoneshall" by L.A. Wood, on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/the-scop-of-streoneshall/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #caedmon #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #poetsofBlueSky

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Sais and Taliesin: A poem in alliterative verse by Brian Wright But deep among trees ‧ another had woken – / the wandering bard ‧ burst forth to see! / Taliesin, talk-famed poet, / clad in a cloak ‧ of colours many, / his Celtic harp ‧ hung from his back ...

Brian Wright, "The Sais and Taliesin", on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/the-sais-and-taliesin/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #sais #taliesin #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

Carter Revard: Alliterative Poet Carter Revard (1931-2022) was professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He was an Osage Indian & scholar of Old English. He was also author of several volumes of poetry.

Today is the birthday of Carter Revard, Osage Indian, poet, and scholar of Old English. Read some of his alliterative poetry here:

alliteration.net/poets/revard/

#poetry #poetrysky #poetsofBlueSky #BlueSkyPoets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterative #osage #native #poet #alliterativeverse

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

J.R.R. Tolkien: Alliterative Poet J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), a professor at Oxford University, pretty much single-handedly brought alliterative verse back into the general culture through his work.

Today is Tolkien Reading Day.

If you like Tolkien's alliterative poetry, here's your reading guide ...

alliteration.net/poets/jrrtolkien/
#tolkien #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #fantasy

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

What Builds a Bridge: A poem in alliterative verse by Ted Charnley ... Building a bridge / for cutting across / will fetch an old friend / who’s drifted far ...

In honor of Robert Frost's birthday tomorrow, here's a poem designed to be in conversation with his famous poem about "building fences" ...

alliteration.net/poetry/what-builds-a-bridge/
#alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #poetsofBlueSky

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

Carter Revard: Alliterative Poet Carter Revard (1931-2022) was professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He was an Osage Indian & scholar of Old English. He was also author of several volumes of poetry.

Tomorrow is the birthday of Carter Revard, Osage Indian, poet, and scholar of Old English. You can read some of his alliterative poetry here:

alliteration.net/poets/revard/ #poetry #poetrysky #poetsofBlueSky #BlueSkyPoets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterative #osage #poet #alliterativeverse

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

J.R.R. Tolkien: Alliterative Poet J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), a professor at Oxford University, pretty much single-handedly brought alliterative verse back into the general culture through his work.

Tomorrow is Tolkien Reading Day.

If you like Tolkien's alliterative poetry, here's your reading guide ...

alliteration.net/poets/jrrtolkien/
#tolkien #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #fantasy

Paul Deane

@rhunedhel.bsky.social

1 week ago

If you want to see more of Donald Mace William's poems, I've got his entire collection of Anglo-Saxon style riddles over here:

alliteration.net/poets/donald...

#alliterative #poetry #anglosaxon #riddles #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #medievalsky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity