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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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Really nice article here about the difficulties in using a form like the ghazal in English -- that it's really important to adapt forms so they play to the languages strengths. I make a similar point about alliterative verse in this article: static-gcs.edit.site/users-files/...

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The poet inside the speaker of the poem realises they are not in control of its direction.

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Really nice article here about the difficulties in using a form like the ghazal in English -- that it's really important to adapt forms so they play to the languages strengths. I make a similar point about alliterative verse in this article: static-gcs.edit.site/users-files/...

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One week left to submit alliterative poems to the Summer issue of Forgotten Ground Regained.

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Colin Mackenzie (@dgplacenames.bsky.social) recently was a joint winner of the Scots Language Society's "Hugh McDiarmid Tassie" for his #alliterative #poem, "Merry Dancers". #alliteration #poetry #drottkvaett #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse www.facebook.com/groups/82376...

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You may hate generative AI, but don't underestimate it.

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Still working on stanza #72 ... but in the meantime, here's a reminder ...

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I love using poems as our primary mentor texts for composition writing because the right poem can do so many things and be easily read and explored in multiple ways within one bite-sized class session. metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...

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I was inspired to add audio to "Binding Spells" because magic is all around us. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/joeypoet...

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"Poetry is what happens when human nature is compressed." - Stephen Fry #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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An article by my colleague Marco Fioretti that everyone should read: fossforce.com/2025/03/ai-i...

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Indeed. open.substack.com/pub/profadam...

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Alice Friman: The Nick Poems Do you know what you're doing? and she said yes though deep in her virginity she knew nothing but what she wanted

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There are now several published #poetry collections that primarily consist of #alliterative verse. You can find them (and other collections that have alliterative poetry in them) here: alliteration.net/books/collec... #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse (links to those books in replies)

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Poets! 2026 is the first chance you have to win a Nebula for poetry. 2025 poems can be added to the SFWA Nebula Reading List: www.sfwa.org/forum/reading/

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THIS IS THE THING

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I'm not a poet but this is really cool news!!!

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Hahhahaha omg

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I'd like to highlight John Garth as one of the real-life experts whose writings I enjoy for #TolkienTrewsday. "The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien" is an exploration of real places that inspired Tolkien, complete with illustrations and photos. #TolkienTuesday putri2wotan.wordpress.com/2022/03/09/r...

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There are now several published #poetry collections that primarily consist of #alliterative verse. You can find them (and other collections that have alliterative poetry in them) here: alliteration.net/books/collec... #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse (links to those books in replies)

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Colin Mackenzie (@dgplacenames.bsky.social) recently was a joint winner of the Scots Language Society's "Hugh McDiarmid Tassie" for his #alliterative #poem, "Merry Dancers". #alliteration #poetry #drottkvaett #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse www.facebook.com/groups/82376...

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bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ad sorry #smbc

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