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Paul Deane
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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 · 13d
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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"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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"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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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 ...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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Look to safety in the light of the lantern. #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #blog #alliteration #sifaswriting

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Poem: The Last Light
lambent light  from the glowing lantern  it lifts the shadows  lingering on the path  so late at night. look beyond the trees and do not lau...
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February 7, 2026 at 9:18 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 ...
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February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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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 ...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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rhunedhel.bsky.social
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 ...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
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 ...
alliteration.net
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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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
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 ..
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February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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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 ...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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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 ...
alliteration.net
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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#weldon_kees
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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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...
Among Others: A Novel (Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel)
Among Others: A Novel (Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel)
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February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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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
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 ..
alliteration.net
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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The latest SFPA Poetry Round-up is out!
➡️ Get your spec-po 💔Valentine 💔 MP3s submitted!

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February 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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Heads up!
victoriastrauss.com Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3d
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
By entering the competition and in consideration for Hearst publishing your entry, you assign to Hearst the entire worldwide copyright in your entry for all uses in all print and non-print media formats, including but not limited to all rights to use your entry in any and all electronic and digital formats, and in any future medium hereafter developed for the full period of copyright therein, and all renewals and extensions thereof, any rental and lending rights and retransmission rights and all rights of a like nature wherever subsisting.
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
So maybe now we know why they've been so strongly against voting by mail.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d
Breaking:

The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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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
Völuspá - Norse and Germanic Lore site with Old Norse / English translations of the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda
Voluspa.org - Information, analysis and studies on Germanic Pre-Christian religion, culture and heritage, using the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Sagas and Germanic Folklore.
www.voluspa.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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victoriastrauss.com
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
By entering the competition and in consideration for Hearst publishing your entry, you assign to Hearst the entire worldwide copyright in your entry for all uses in all print and non-print media formats, including but not limited to all rights to use your entry in any and all electronic and digital formats, and in any future medium hereafter developed for the full period of copyright therein, and all renewals and extensions thereof, any rental and lending rights and retransmission rights and all rights of a like nature wherever subsisting.
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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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!
cathamclarke.bsky.social Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 3d
How brilliant would it be to be in one of @drlauravarnam.bsky.social's tutorials? Last night I kind of got to find out (in a good way!) when we were in conversation about #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems for the @univcollegeoxford.bsky.social Shakespeare Society. What a joy! Lovely to see friends too.
Me on the right with, working left, Laura Varnam, Rachel Delman and Shakespeare Okuni. It was also super to have Liz Garner with us (who escaped the photo!) Univ in the sunshine yesterday
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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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
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.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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rhunedhel.bsky.social
And here is @mathjones.bsky.social's version of the opening of the Hattatal ...

alliteration.net/poetry/a-the-opening-of-the-httatal/
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 ...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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This disease seems to be catching.
diane.dianeduane.com Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 3d
Thread. 🫤
victoriastrauss.com Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3d
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
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 PM