Daniel Cooper
@dacooperpoet.bsky.social
Husband & father. Poet & writer
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Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social:
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A Review of To Be Opened After My Death by Midge Goldberg
Review by D.A. Cooper
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November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social:
newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social:
newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
A Review of To Be Opened After My Death by Midge Goldberg
Review by D.A. Cooper
newversereview.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social:
newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...
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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:
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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:
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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:
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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:
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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...
@dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh...
www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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...
@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...
@dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh...
www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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...
@dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh...
www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...
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@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/
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/
Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper
... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...
alliteration.net
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@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/
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/
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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
Psalms and meditations ...
alliteration.net/info/call-fo... #submissionscall #alliteration #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
Call for Submissions, Issue 8
Submit your alliterative poems to Forgotten Ground Regained by January 1
alliteration.net
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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
Psalms and meditations ...
alliteration.net/info/call-fo... #submissionscall #alliteration #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
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Are your kids texting about the Poetic Edda?
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Are your kids texting about the Poetic Edda?
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New alliterative poem by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social:
www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir... #alliterative #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse
www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir... #alliterative #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse
Birding at the Lake - Dialogue Journal
A pod of pelicans patrols the shore like angels guarding the gates of heaven.
www.dialoguejournal.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Here's @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's Norse-style take on Dante's inferno! Hell may be hard, but the words gotta dance ...
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #alliterativeverse #Dante #inferno
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #alliterativeverse #Dante #inferno
Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper
... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...
alliteration.net
October 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Here's @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's Norse-style take on Dante's inferno! Hell may be hard, but the words gotta dance ...
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #alliterativeverse #Dante #inferno
alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #alliterativeverse #Dante #inferno
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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
alliteration.net/current-issue/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #BlueSkyPoets
Current Issue: Fall 2025
Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse
alliteration.net
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
alliteration.net/current-issue/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #BlueSkyPoets
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Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue!
www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...
www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue!
www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...
www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...
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Countdown to the next issue of FORGOTTEN GROUND REGAINED begins!
To introduce the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, releasing next Saturday, I'm introducing its authors first.
D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican:
northamanglican.com/rise/
D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican:
northamanglican.com/rise/
Rise | The North American Anglican
Thick, mist-forged shackles held us in the cave, imprisoned for the crime of losing all. We saw nothing but shadows on the wall— they gamboled and they taunted us. We gave in to the dark. A crushing f...
northamanglican.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Countdown to the next issue of FORGOTTEN GROUND REGAINED begins!
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To introduce the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, releasing next Saturday, I'm introducing its authors first.
D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican:
northamanglican.com/rise/
D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican:
northamanglican.com/rise/
Rise | The North American Anglican
Thick, mist-forged shackles held us in the cave, imprisoned for the crime of losing all. We saw nothing but shadows on the wall— they gamboled and they taunted us. We gave in to the dark. A crushing f...
northamanglican.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
To introduce the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, releasing next Saturday, I'm introducing its authors first.
D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican:
northamanglican.com/rise/
D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican:
northamanglican.com/rise/
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Some good news on old news:
Congratulations to Maria Mortensen Davis! - Irreantum
. Maria Mortensen Davis‘s poem “Living Water“; which appeared in Irreantum 21.1—Mothers, Missionaries,...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Some good news on old news:
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NVR's Halloween edition will launch on Tues, Oct 14. In celebration we are throwing our first ever HALLOWEEN PARTY!
On Fri, Oct 17 at 8pm ET we will have a Zoom reading with some of the poets from the issue.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
For tickets, please click the link below:
On Fri, Oct 17 at 8pm ET we will have a Zoom reading with some of the poets from the issue.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
For tickets, please click the link below:
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
NVR's Halloween edition will launch on Tues, Oct 14. In celebration we are throwing our first ever HALLOWEEN PARTY!
On Fri, Oct 17 at 8pm ET we will have a Zoom reading with some of the poets from the issue.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
For tickets, please click the link below:
On Fri, Oct 17 at 8pm ET we will have a Zoom reading with some of the poets from the issue.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
For tickets, please click the link below:
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Public-service announcement: I finally bought a copy because for some unknown reason Amazon is currently selling it for $6.34: amzn.to/4365saW
Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader
Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader [Beardsley, Amanda, Allred, Mason] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader
amzn.to
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Public-service announcement: I finally bought a copy because for some unknown reason Amazon is currently selling it for $6.34: amzn.to/4365saW
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Just wanted to announce that my next book comes out Sept 29. Latter-day Sikh is a biography of my grandpa, Gurcharan Singh Gill, and a reflection on the two beautiful faiths that shaped his life.
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Just wanted to announce that my next book comes out Sept 29. Latter-day Sikh is a biography of my grandpa, Gurcharan Singh Gill, and a reflection on the two beautiful faiths that shaped his life.
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...
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Here's a little Arthurian poem by Steve Knepper of @newversereview.bsky.social:
alliteration.net/poetry/gawain/
#gawain #SirGawain #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/gawain/
#gawain #SirGawain #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse
Gawain, a poem in alliterative verse by Steve Knepper
A Solomonic sign adorned his shield, / Five tines pentacled on a flaming field. / Five joys our gentle Queen took in her childe, / Five wondrous wounds of Christ in which we're healed ...
alliteration.net
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Here's a little Arthurian poem by Steve Knepper of @newversereview.bsky.social:
alliteration.net/poetry/gawain/
#gawain #SirGawain #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/poetry/gawain/
#gawain #SirGawain #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse
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NVR has nominated six poems for this year's Best of the Net. Congratulations to Midge Goldberg, Alice Allan, @stevensearcy.bsky.social, Jenna Le, @tyndallbrandon.bsky.social, and @sallythomasnc.bsky.social!
Read their poems 👇.
Read their poems 👇.
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
NVR has nominated six poems for this year's Best of the Net. Congratulations to Midge Goldberg, Alice Allan, @stevensearcy.bsky.social, Jenna Le, @tyndallbrandon.bsky.social, and @sallythomasnc.bsky.social!
Read their poems 👇.
Read their poems 👇.
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This is a reminder that NVR opens for submissions to its Halloween mini-issue tomorrow, September 1. Prepare your skeleton sonnets and pumpkin spice pantoums!
September 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is a reminder that NVR opens for submissions to its Halloween mini-issue tomorrow, September 1. Prepare your skeleton sonnets and pumpkin spice pantoums!
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