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rhunedhel.bsky.social
For #OurPoetryX #departure ... @thaliarchus.bsky.social's poem, "Farewell".

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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
rhunedhel.bsky.social
For @telaranrhiod.bsky.social's #catharsis theme for #BlueSkyRelay, how about this horrific, if anonymous, little masterpiece from the 16th Century?

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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
rhunedhel.bsky.social
For #promptcombo @hool415.bsky.social #Workinglove, here's Simon Corble's dramatic adaptation of the girdle scene in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

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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
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Kathryn Ann Hill's alliterative take on a scene from the Revelation of Saint John.

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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
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Here's "Iceland Spar" by David B. Ring. Very much about a place ... Mount Baldwin and vicinity.

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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
rhunedhel.bsky.social
An Old English-style riddle, courtesy of @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social, complete with kennings.

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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
rhunedhel.bsky.social
For @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie:

Here's one by Audrey Hampton that's a nice combination between #promptcombo #storm and the theme of the Summer Issue of Forgotten Ground Regained it appeared in, #protest #nokings.

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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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November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Richard Vallance's alliterative "Whiplashed Sonnet" is arguably belongs to #poemsabout #lockeddoors ... at least by implication!

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Whiplashed Sonnet: An Alliterative Take on Sheer Frustration
... Having, before this black / beach, been blind before, before some storm, sidewinding, / blast my feet ...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Noted by Robert Charbonneau: An alliterative poem by Daniel Bishop.

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Brim-tongue
Alliterative Verse
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November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
And finally, Jeffrey Young recently published the alliterative poem "Burial" in @newversereview.bsky.social.

www.newversereview.com/2-2-jeff-young #alliterative #poem #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #alliterativeverse
Poems by Jeff Young
Jeff Young, "John the Baptist of Mardi Gras" and "Burial"
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November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Theresa Werba recently published "Bleed, Saxon Blood" in the Society of Classical Poets:

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‘Bleed, Saxon Blood’: An Alliterative Poem by Theresa Werba
.   Bleed, Saxon Blood "Þær wæs sang || and sweg samod ætgædere, fore Healfdenes || hildewisan; gomenwudu || græted,
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November 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
@stevensearcy.bsky.social resently published the alliterative poem "Fiber to the Home" in the September issue of IEEE Spectrum, both in print and online.
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Poem: Fiber To the Home
Read Steven Searcy’s poem from our September 2025 issue
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November 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Steve Rojcewicz recently published the alliterative poem "Saint Patrick and the Short Pint" in Capital Psychiatry, the e-magazine of the Washington Psychiatric Society.

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WPS E-Magazine May 2025 Page 22
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November 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
@amitmajmudar.bsky.social recently published the alliterative poems "Word-Hord" in The New Criterion and "Pink" in The Dark Horse magazine.

#alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #alliterativeverse
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Colleen Harris recently published the alliterative poem, "The Letter L" in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily:

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The Letter L by Colleen S. Harris
Editor’s Note: The delightful alliteration in this poem may distract the reader into thinking that this is a poem about fluff, but the last stanza disabuses us of that notion with remarkable …
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November 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Now on to individual poems ...

Joshua C. Frank recently published the alliterative poem "First Dealings with Death" in the Society of Classical Poets:

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‘Autumn Fades’ and Other Poetry on Death by Joshua C. Frank
. Autumn Fades The orange leaves decay to crinkling gray, And sunsets sink and fade the clouds to black. “You’ll
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November 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
There's @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social's new poetry collection, which includes his Scousenlish poems previously published in Forgotten Ground Regained (and elsewhere):

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This Wilderness & Other Concerns
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November 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
For @thebrokenspine.co.uk's #PoemsAbout, I figure there's no substitute for @anthonyetherin.bsky.social's "Blood for the Mummy" ...

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Blood for the Mummy: An alliterative Shakesapearenn sonnet
I read through the rite, and its formula frees her. / I turn from her tomb, to peruse the horizon: / a zig, now one zag, if I gaze now on Giza; / the somnolent sky, and the legend it lies on....
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October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Here's an old bit of #DreamLogic courtesy of George Johnston, @victoriaspires.bsky.social!

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White: An Alliterative Free Verse Poem about Snow by George Johnston
Dream, she says, drawing her drifts about her ...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
mrben16.bsky.social
Poem 419 - Ironing Shirts
Perverse satisfaction
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Poem 419 – Ironing Shirts
The satisfactionOf crisp creases,Neat lines aligningThe sides of sleeves.Gliding alongThe front and back,A perfect pieceOf art in action. A pile of ironing awaits. I’m putting it off although…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
New alliterative poem by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social:

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Birding at the Lake - Dialogue Journal
A pod of pelicans    patrols the shore like angels guarding       the gates of heaven.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
And last but not least: an article by Robert Rickard on the recent "Conference on Alliteration in Poetics and Cultural History" on Sept. 1st, 2025, at the University of East Anglia:

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Long Live Alliteration! by Robert Rickard
New Perspectives on Alliteration in Poetry Conference, 1st September 2025, at the University of East Anglia – a view from the hall
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October 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
Here's a second poem imitating Icelandic rimur by Marcus Lindenburg, where a lovelorn bard takes unrequited love a bit far indeed.

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The Tale of Skorri's Song
... Tragedy, the tale I bring / On mine own humble oar. / So you seek a song I’ll sing, / A kiss of love and more ...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
This poem by Marcus Lindenburg imitates Icelandic medieval rimur -- alliteration plus a rhyme scheme, and a LOT of kennings.

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Lament for Vinland's Sailor, a poem in alliterative verse by Marcus Lindenburg
Kiss me now, kill me later; / I left you on that dead dock. / With my heart heavy then, / And you in wicked wind ...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
rhunedhel.bsky.social
And @graywyvern.bsky.social has a poem that expresses a thought perhaps as old as standing stones...

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"viaticum", a poem in alliterative verse by Michael Helsem
stones we raise / will be cloudstrange / emptiness / of the erst wood / the words lost / a lot of things / forebears knew / nor dreamed annul
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October 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM