Translate classical Latin verse into alliterative poetry? Why not?
John Quinn expoits the rhythms of alliterative verse to capture
some
of Horace's sly, barbed humor in modern English.
William Dunbar - The Tretis of the Twa Mariit Women and the Wedo
(The treatise of the two married women and the widow - (Electronic Text Center)
Baden Chant - from his home page
The Lifting of the Siege
Jeffrey T. Cours - from Joseph Lockett's home page
Chepe's Epic (from the 8th Century A.M.)
Tilman Stieve from Alykat's World
A Song of the Valkyrior
Dr. David Breeden of Schreiner College
link to a free verse translation of Beowulf
P.K. Page (contemporary Canadian poet) - from the Canadian Poetry site
After Rain
Deaf Mute in the Pear Tree
Motel Pool
Note from the Editor:
Tapestries and Collages: some thoughts on poetry and the arts