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These collections illustrate the range of modes and themes to which alliterative verse can be applied -- epic and lyrical, secular and religious.
Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology Dennis Wise
The largest collection of modern English alliterative verse in print.
Inconveniences Rightly Consiered: Poems from My Twenties Schaubert
The Greenwood Poet Schaubert
A collection of (mostly) alliterative poems on themes ranging from love and meaning to urban life. 25 of the poems in his book are in alliterative verse.
A collection of mostly alliterative poems by Lancelot Schaubert inspired by Greenwood Cemetary in Brooklyn. 26 of the poems in this book are in alliterative verse.
The Lays of Beleriand Tolkien
A collection of J.R.R. Tolkien's alliterative and metrical poems about events in the First Age of Middle Earth
Skald - Sword & Sea-Cloud Crockatt
A tale of the Scottish coast, sest in original alliterative verse by Ian Crockatt. The poems emulate Norse skaldic forms (drottkvaett).
Narrative Poems Lewis
Contains the alliterative poems, "The Nameless Isle", "Lancelot", "Dymer" and "The Queen of Drum"
Wonder and Wrath Juster
Contains three alliterative poems: "Three Visitors", "Kennings", and "After Scattering David Berman's Ashes".
Wheel of Ravens Bolivar
A collection of alliterative verse in the Old English style
Knife on Snow Major
Contains "A Fate for Fire", a long poem in alliterative verse about past wildfires in Alberta
Boar Branfoot
From the Peasant's Revolt to class warfare, "Branfoot revivifies Middle English ... alliterative verse through the prism of contemporary experimental poetics."
Incendium Amoris Ely
Contains the long alliterative poem, "Aecerbot"
Englaland Ely
Contains one long alliterative poem: "Big Billy".
Jackself Polley
A collection of poems set in Cumbria in the north of England. It includes the alliterative poems "The House that Jack Built" and "jackself's Boast".
The Havocs Polley
Contains a version of the Old English poem, "The Ruin"
Material Properties Polley
Contains versions of ten riddles from the Old English Exeter Book
Fordings Gustafsson
Contains one long alliterative poem sequence "Saga"
Insisting on Yellow Schneider
Contains the long alliterative poem "Caedmon", inspired by the Old English tale
All Graced in Green King
Contains the alliterative poems "Thunderstorm: St. Olaf College", "Riddle", "Prairie Coreopsis", and "Where the Water Falls".
Cowboys and Indians Chistmas Shopping Revard
Contains the alliterative poems "A Triinity Riddle" and "The Birch Canoe"
How the Songs Come Down Revard
An Eagle Nation Revard
Contains the alliterativ poems "The Swan's Son" and "What the Eagle's Fan Says".
The Song of Joseph and Selected Poems Hill
Contains an alliterative version of the Biblical story of Joseph.
The Song of Daniel and Selected Poems Hill
Contains an alliterative treatment of the Biblical book of Daniel.
Tree of Life: Sixty Poems from Twelve Years Hill
A collection of Christian religious poems, the majority of them alliterative.
A Verse Vigil and Selected Poems Hill
A collection of metrical and alliterative poems, including a cycle or vigil for religious mediation.
Now God is Flesh: Poems and Pictures for Christmastide Hill
A collection of Christian devotions, many of them in alliterative verse.
Endeared by Dark Johnston
Contains multiple alliterative poems including "A Marriage Poem for Nora and Jamie", "Boon", "White" and "Crow's Nests in Court Metres"
Silver Branch: Bardic Poems & Letters to a Young Bard Manwaring
Pumpkin Chucking Scaer
Contains the alliterative poem "Wendell"
Breath Control Corbett
Contains one poem in alliterative verse: "The Birds of Ancient Battlefields Visit the Suburb"
Mid Evil Corbett
Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter Corbett
Contains one poem in alliterative verse: "Cold Case".
Street View: Poems Corbett
Contains one poem in alliterative verse: "Spoonspell".
In Code: Poems Corbett
Contains two alliterative poems: "Riddle 40" and "Riddle 52".
The O in the Air Corbett
Contains one poem in alliterative verse, "Overture".
Signs and Wonders Martin
Contains the alliterative poem "Poem for the Millenium".
Spells: New and Seected Poems Finch
Contains two alliterative verse poems, "Another Reluctance" and "The Grim Garden".
Eat the Storms Durrell
A book of highly alliterative free verse by a young Irish poet
Call Us What We Carry Gorman
Contains three alliterative free verse poems: "Compass", "Alarum" and "The Hill We Climb".
Stars through the Clouds Williams
Contains several alliterative poems', including "Psalm 1","Commentary, 1 Tim. 3:16", and "Vision".
Frost & Pollen Hajnowsky
Contains a retelling of Sir Gawain & The Green Knight, from the Green Knight's viewpoint.
The Elephant's Mouth Stromberg
Contains the alliterative poem "Family First"
Tales for an Urban Sky Major
Contains one long alliterative verse poem, "Star-Seeing Night".
Insistence Darcy
Contains one long alliterative poem "Alphabet"
The Robots of Babylon Etherin
A collection that includes several alliterative poems, includingI’m a paragr "The Werewolf"
Years and Other Leavings Lowndes
A collection of often highly alliterative free verse
New Crops from Old Fields: Eight Medievalist Poets Hardwick
A collection that includes several allieraitve poems (“Caedmon Remembers”, “White Owl Irruption”, “True Thomas”, “Guðric’s Lament”, “Three Old English Riddles”, “Saint Mary’s Spell”, and “Stigmata Madonna”)
Tarot Poems McAfee
Contains two alliterative poems, "Nine of Swords" and "Four of Wands".
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