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Forgotten Ground Regained

Christians

Introduction
Much of the present-day popularity of alliterative verse is connected to the work of Christian authors, in particular, members of the Inklings group at Oxford. Most of this impact came through the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (though another Inkling, Neville Coghill, who served as W.H. Auden's tutor, is known for his translation of Piers Plowman. Both Tolkien and Lewis had a significant public impact. Tolkien's had a greater impact on the general public, through the publication of Lord of the Rings, and posthumously, through Christopher Tolkien's edited editions of The Silmarillion, The Lays of Beleriand, and The Fall of Arthur. C.S. Lewis had more of an impact on the Christian community through works like Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, and (for the most interested), his posthumous collections, Poems and Narrative Poems. Since both Tolkien and Lewis loved alliterative verse, their willingness to read and write in alliterative verse has also been transmitted in Christian circles.
Christian Authors on the Author Page
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Rob Batton
Jane Beal
Maryann Corbett
Paul D. Deane
Brendan King
Lancelot Schaubert.
John C Mannone
Steven Searcy
Mark C. Watney
Donald T. Williams
Jesse Keith Butler
Lisa Cooper
Malcolm Guite
Kathryn Ann Hill
Jacob Riyeff
Charles R. Sleeth
Connor Patrick Wood
Liv Ross
Alex J. Taylor
Others
Note: The poetry linked here may range in quality from novice work to brilliant. It is probably just the tenth of the iceberg that shows above the ocean. There is almost certainly much more out there. Send me links if you find them ... use the following email, making the standard substiution: pdeane[at]alliteration.net
  • Paraphrase of Psalm 1 by Carolyn Lozano
  • Paraphrase of Psalm 23 by Aaron Wilkinson
  • Paraphrase of Psalm 119 א ALEPH— Do Not Forsake Me by Esther Spurrill-Jones
  • Pygmalion by Aaron Wilkinson
  • Spring Morning by Jonathan Lovelace
  • Palm Sunday by Coleman Glen
  • Satan and St. Michael by Rob Batten
  • Things I want or don't want to eat right now by Mandy
Kaleb Hammond
  • To Whom Shall We Go?
  • The Mirror of Souls: An Alliterative Poem (Praefatio)
Translations of Pearl
  • Vernard Eller
  • Bill Stanton
Jacob Andrews
  • Nolde Yassen Unyas (love poem)
  • Fæder Ure Halige Our Holy Father (Lord's Prayer)
  • Bannur: The Fall of the East
Donald P. Goodman III
  • The Road with No End
  • The Lay of Lady Poverty
  • The Death of Christendom
  • Advent 1203
  • The Two Cities
  • The Woods, My Home
Others
• Novena to St. Caedmon by St. Caedmon Studios
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