Paul Deane
@rhunedhel.bsky.social
Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
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Current Issue: Fall 2025
Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse
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Announcing: The Fall, 2025 issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, featuring modern English poetry in Norse and Icelandic forms. 17 poems, 3 articles, with loads of info for the curious (& some great poems!)
alliteration.net/current-issue/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #BlueSkyPoets
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The world is enchanted and filled with meaning - and few people have helped me see this in a deeper way than @malcolmguite.bsky.social ! This was one of my favorite conversations; filled with thoughts on Tolkien, Lewis and this wild life. Enjoy!
Malcom Guite on enchantment and imagination.
YouTube video by The Wonder of Tolkien
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The world is enchanted and filled with meaning - and few people have helped me see this in a deeper way than @malcolmguite.bsky.social ! This was one of my favorite conversations; filled with thoughts on Tolkien, Lewis and this wild life. Enjoy!
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An Old English-style riddle, courtesy of @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social, complete with kennings.
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
I smile earwide: An Anglo-Saxon style riddle by Cassidy McFadzean
I ride the chariot rail, roam the billowroad / trammelled to soft skies, sightseeing steering me /
where flycatchers soar ...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An Old English-style riddle, courtesy of @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social, complete with kennings.
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
For #OurPoetryX #departure ... @thaliarchus.bsky.social's poem, "Farewell".
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#alliteration #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/farew...
#alliteration #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
Farewell
Catch-pair at bus stop ‧ kiss with abandon, / two youths parting ‧ though yearning for longer / in bold-clutch to abide ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For @telaranrhiod.bsky.social's #catharsis theme for #BlueSkyRelay, how about this horrific, if anonymous, little masterpiece from the 16th Century?
alliteration.net/poetry/horri... #alliterative #horror #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/horri... #alliterative #horror #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
Horrible of Hue -- An alliterative poem of the early 16th century
Horrible of hue, hideous to behold, / Careful of countenance, his hair all clustered, / With dead droppy blood that down his face rolled ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For @telaranrhiod.bsky.social's #catharsis theme for #BlueSkyRelay, how about this horrific, if anonymous, little masterpiece from the 16th Century?
alliteration.net/poetry/horri... #alliterative #horror #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/horri... #alliterative #horror #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
For #promptcombo @hool415.bsky.social #Workinglove, here's Simon Corble's dramatic adaptation of the girdle scene in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
alliteration.net/poetry/sir-g... #alliterative #poetry #SirGawain #GreenKnight #girdle #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/sir-g... #alliterative #poetry #SirGawain #GreenKnight #girdle #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
Excerpt from a Dramatic Adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Simon Corble's adaptation of the girdle scene from Sir Gwain and the Green Knight
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November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For #promptcombo @hool415.bsky.social #Workinglove, here's Simon Corble's dramatic adaptation of the girdle scene in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
alliteration.net/poetry/sir-g... #alliterative #poetry #SirGawain #GreenKnight #girdle #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/sir-g... #alliterative #poetry #SirGawain #GreenKnight #girdle #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #alliterativeverse
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Here's "Iceland Spar" by David B. Ring. Very much about a place ... Mount Baldwin and vicinity.
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
Iceland Spar: An alliterative poem by David B. Ring
... But back of the trail · under Baldwin’s cliffs / a mound of scree · at the mouth of a cleft / glinted like broken · glass in the sun ...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here's "Iceland Spar" by David B. Ring. Very much about a place ... Mount Baldwin and vicinity.
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
Kathryn Ann Hill's alliterative take on a scene from the Revelation of Saint John.
alliteration.net/poetry/idola... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #Christian #poem #Apocalypse #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/idola... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #Christian #poem #Apocalypse #alliterativeverse
Idolaters (Isaiah 2:20 in alliterative verse)
An alliterative paraphrase of Isaiah 2:20 by Kathryn Ann Hill
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November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Kathryn Ann Hill's alliterative take on a scene from the Revelation of Saint John.
alliteration.net/poetry/idola... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #Christian #poem #Apocalypse #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/idola... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #Christian #poem #Apocalypse #alliterativeverse
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1/ I sat on my bed on Friday after the kids went down for the night and made this. It's my own setting of Cædmon's Hymn, inspired by my friend Father Andrew Stephen Damick's recent trip to the UK, particularly to Whitby.
Cædmon's Hymn, by me! This was my first time really using Garageband!
Cædmon's Hymn
YouTube video by Sarah M
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November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1/ I sat on my bed on Friday after the kids went down for the night and made this. It's my own setting of Cædmon's Hymn, inspired by my friend Father Andrew Stephen Damick's recent trip to the UK, particularly to Whitby.
Here's "Iceland Spar" by David B. Ring. Very much about a place ... Mount Baldwin and vicinity.
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
Iceland Spar: An alliterative poem by David B. Ring
... But back of the trail · under Baldwin’s cliffs / a mound of scree · at the mouth of a cleft / glinted like broken · glass in the sun ...
alliteration.net
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here's "Iceland Spar" by David B. Ring. Very much about a place ... Mount Baldwin and vicinity.
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/icela... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #ekphrastic #poem #alliterativeverse
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Oh! This should be fun!
Mark it down: Dec 20th @ 20.00 — #PoemsAbout #OpenMic + #ChristmasParty returns! Poets, readers, friends — one final night to lift your words before the year ends. 🎤✨
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1967176915...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Oh! This should be fun!
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Today's Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright's one-year anniversary!
The whole damn thing remains free. You can and should try it.
thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
The whole damn thing remains free. You can and should try it.
thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright by Thaliarchus
Giant robot yuri space opera. In verse.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today's Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright's one-year anniversary!
The whole damn thing remains free. You can and should try it.
thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
The whole damn thing remains free. You can and should try it.
thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
An Old English-style riddle, courtesy of @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social, complete with kennings.
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
I smile earwide: An Anglo-Saxon style riddle by Cassidy McFadzean
I ride the chariot rail, roam the billowroad / trammelled to soft skies, sightseeing steering me /
where flycatchers soar ...
alliteration.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An Old English-style riddle, courtesy of @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social, complete with kennings.
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/i-smi... #alliterative #poem #riddle #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliteration #Anglo-Saxon #Old-English #alliterativeverse
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I've got a dystopian SF poem called "The Last Man on Mars" coming out in The Brazen Head this December. That's more or less what it's about!
I'm editing a segment on SpaceX right now and it has me in a MOOD. The realities of human space exploration, especially under capitalism and colonialism, are ugly.
The people saying we need to colonize Mars as a "back-up" home are the same people creating the conditions that are killing Earth.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I've got a dystopian SF poem called "The Last Man on Mars" coming out in The Brazen Head this December. That's more or less what it's about!
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Saw someone mention Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) and for those who've never read it, the Kindle version is $1.99 so very affordable. amzn.to/3JRrec4 #affiliatelink
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) [Seamus Heaney] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
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November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Saw someone mention Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) and for those who've never read it, the Kindle version is $1.99 so very affordable. amzn.to/3JRrec4 #affiliatelink
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If you ever thought of literary translation as some mathematical formula where there was somehow in there a literal solution, take a gander at a handful of professionals translating the first line of Beowulf and realize that it's art, and that these translators are as much authors themselves.
...if I'd done even the barest comparative reading of just the first line of Beowulf, I'd have been well on my way to a better sense of what literary translation involves.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you ever thought of literary translation as some mathematical formula where there was somehow in there a literal solution, take a gander at a handful of professionals translating the first line of Beowulf and realize that it's art, and that these translators are as much authors themselves.
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Cædmon's Hymn, by me! This was my first time really using Garageband!
Cædmon's Hymn
YouTube video by Sarah M
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Cædmon's Hymn, by me! This was my first time really using Garageband!
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For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me reading George Herbert in Missouri! youtu.be/trDX1-0ekTE
George Herbert’s ‘Prayer’ and some poems inspired by it!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
For tonight's Spell in the Library you find me reading George Herbert in Missouri! youtu.be/trDX1-0ekTE
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(Here's a reward for your inner child then)
alliteration.net
alliteration.net
Alliterative Verse: Original English Alliterative Poems & Poetry Resources
Alliterative verse can be defined as poetry that uses alliteration -- repeating sounds at the start of a syllable -- to link the parts of a line. The site includes poems, articles & links to resources
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November 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
(Here's a reward for your inner child then)
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alliteration.net
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I've got a dystopian SF poem called "The Last Man on Mars" coming out in The Brazen Head this December. That's more or less what it's about!
I'm editing a segment on SpaceX right now and it has me in a MOOD. The realities of human space exploration, especially under capitalism and colonialism, are ugly.
The people saying we need to colonize Mars as a "back-up" home are the same people creating the conditions that are killing Earth.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I've got a dystopian SF poem called "The Last Man on Mars" coming out in The Brazen Head this December. That's more or less what it's about!
Reposted by Paul Deane
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhtholm's son is IMO the best or close to the best of Tolkien's alliterative verse, because in it he isn't indulging his craving for archaism of language. The tones of the different characters are each utterly suited to their roles in their society ...
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhtholm's son is IMO the best or close to the best of Tolkien's alliterative verse, because in it he isn't indulging his craving for archaism of language. The tones of the different characters are each utterly suited to their roles in their society ...