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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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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 16d
The Winter, 2026 issue of Forgotten Ground Regained is now live, the theme:

PSALMS AND MEDITATIONS
#alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #potsofbluesky #psalms #meditations

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Current Issue: Winter 2026
Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse
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Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/grimm #smbc
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Hamnet Revisited
Since the two pieces I wrote about the Hamnet movie are behind paywalls, I thought it might be worth reprinting them here - in slightly different form, that is to say the “raw” submissions as opposed ...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Good Evening, Bluesky Family & Friends

Tonight, I want to share the final movement of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's "Kullervo, Op. 7". This is the Symphonic Poem "Kullervo's Death", which features a Male Chorus singing the Story.
Kullervo, overwhelmed with grief and guilt chooses death.
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Today only, and I think US only, my World Fantasy Award winning Victorian sentimental novel about dragons who eat each other is on sale for $2.99 as an ebook

There's also a super-cute mini-hardback

www.amazon.com/Tooth-Claw-J...
Cover of Tooth and Claw with a "rubbed" old looking cover, with a gold dragon on red
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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And perhaps you remember this?

alliteration.net/poetry/the-redemption-of-daeron/
The Redemption of Daeron: An Alliterative Verse Fanfic Epic Set in the East of Middle Earth
He might with music help to heal / Those whose grief might find an end. / But heal himself? His music opened / All the wounds he sought to mend.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Poem 787 - This Magic Place
Looking forwards, looking back
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#Poetry #Shakespeare #ShakespearesGlobe #TheGlobe #AlliterativeVerse
Poem 787 – This Magic Place
An annual act of anticipation,Selecting dates for Shakespeare’s stage,That wooden Globe in which the world,Is magically made in marvelous ways. The scent of sawdust tickles my senses,The soun…
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February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.

On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
Content submissions of any type to Red Ogre Review are conditioned on, and evidence of, your explicit agreement that in exchange for Red Ogre Review’s evaluation of your content submission for potential publication with Red Ogre Review or any other publication outlet, you intentionally and unreservedly grant Red Ogre Review an unrestricted, transferable, and nonrevocable worldwide license and right to use the submission content on this site and in any reproduced, related, or derivative materials, including in print books and in electronic books produced by Red Ogre Review, and on social media channels operated by or affiliated with Red Ogre Review, without expectation of any cash payment, royalty payments, or any other valuable compensation; you also irrevocably waive in their entirety any current or future exercise of “natural rights” or “moral rights of authors” as may potentially be asserted. Content submissions of any type to Red Ogre Review are conditioned on, and evidence of, your explicit agreement that in exchange for Red Ogre Review’s evaluation of your content submission for potential publication with Red Ogre Review or any other publication outlet, you intentionally and unreservedly grant (absent mutual written agreement to the contrary) Red Ogre Review an unrestricted, transferable, and nonrevocable worldwide license and right to use the submission content on this site and in any reproduced or derivative formats, including in print books and in electronic books produced by Red Ogre Review, and on social media channels operated by or affiliated with Red Ogre Review, without expectation of any cash payment, royalty payments, or any other valuable compensation, as of the moment of Red Ogre Review’s written agreement to publish your creative work; you also irrevocably waive in their entirety any current or future exercise of “natural rights” or “moral rights of authors” as may potentially be asserted in contradiction of these terms of service, to the extent consistent with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction(s).
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Doesn't seem like I'm in this thing!
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Thomas A. Dubois published the article "An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries." Read it here: theconversation.com/an-epic-border-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries-261444

#uwmadison #finnish
An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries
The Kalevala, a poetic epic filled with myth, reflects the shared roots between Finnish and Karelian cultures.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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"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
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.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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"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
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 ...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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If you don't know Tanith Lee, READ HER. I'd recommend starting with "The Birthgrave" and "Don't Bite the Sun".
jvwest.bsky.social JV West @jvwest.bsky.social · 3d
It's weirdly upsetting to me that the Wiki page for "dark fantasy" doesn't include any mention of Tanith Lee. Which reminds me that my perception of Lee is heavily biased since I randomly discovered her Flat Earth at age 14 (she ruined me). But that doesn't mean most other folks know who she is.
Book cover of Tanith Lee's Death's Master painted by David Schleinkofer. A huge winged bird flying over night time volcanoes... it's head is that of a man with dark hair and beard. I think this is iconic, but terrible for the book. This was the book I got at age 14 that introduced me to so many deliciously wicked things. But what the fuck is up with this bird's head? That's no how I pictured Ulhume or Azharn or any of them. That's just some weird shit.
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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@medieval_illuminations There's an #OldEnglish version of Judith in alliterative verse. Unfortunately its incomplete. But for anyone studying OE, I highly recommend it: for OE poetry, relatively easy to read, and pretty entertaining.
February 8, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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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
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 ...
alliteration.net
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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New post!

I take an in-depth look at Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, alongside forays into Victorian translations by William Morris and the brilliantly named Athanasius Diedrich Wackerbarth.

This is based on an undergraduate lecture I gave at Oxford in 2020.

nikolasgunn.co.uk/2026/02/09/o...
A copy of The Translations of Seamus Heaney on a wooden surface.
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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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
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.
alliteration.net
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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David Ring, "Not Rattling", on Forgotten Ground Regained

alliteration.net/poetry/not-rattling/ #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity
Not Rattling - An alliterative poem on a peaceful snake.
... Taking its time, your tongue flicks slowly, / testing our purpose, tasting the peace.
alliteration.net
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Where to start reading the works of Tanith Lee - Astra Publishing House
An icon of science-fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and horror since the late 60s, Tanith Lee pioneered many of the archetypes and subverted tropes we recognize in today’s genre fiction. DAW Publishe...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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I’m working on something new at the moment too- watch this space!
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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If you don't know Tanith Lee, READ HER. I'd recommend starting with "The Birthgrave" and "Don't Bite the Sun".
jvwest.bsky.social JV West @jvwest.bsky.social · 3d
It's weirdly upsetting to me that the Wiki page for "dark fantasy" doesn't include any mention of Tanith Lee. Which reminds me that my perception of Lee is heavily biased since I randomly discovered her Flat Earth at age 14 (she ruined me). But that doesn't mean most other folks know who she is.
Book cover of Tanith Lee's Death's Master painted by David Schleinkofer. A huge winged bird flying over night time volcanoes... it's head is that of a man with dark hair and beard. I think this is iconic, but terrible for the book. This was the book I got at age 14 that introduced me to so many deliciously wicked things. But what the fuck is up with this bird's head? That's no how I pictured Ulhume or Azharn or any of them. That's just some weird shit.
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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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
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 ...
alliteration.net
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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jacklaurel.substack.com/p/an-alliter...
An Alliterative Iliad (III)
The battle of words between Achilles and Agamemnon
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February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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"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
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 ...
alliteration.net
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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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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February 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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New sonnet on my Patreon: a dream of angels www.patreon.com/posts/dream-...
A dream of angels | Jo Walton
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February 9, 2026 at 8:44 AM