I have long experimented with Old English techniques "hidden" in Modern English verse, but have generally found Old English and Modern English too different to accomplish much directly using them. I saw your call for submissions & decided it was a good occasion to "play" with these techniques again.
In the below I have tried to use internal, rhyme, assonance and consonance to reinforce the effect of the dominant alliteration … The short lines of Norse forms are hard to work with in Modern English (hence our strong preference for iambic pentameter), but with subject matter that lends itself to haiku-like terseness and subtle "turns," it works well enough.
I think some of my (half-)lines are one alliterated syllable short of perfect, but generally you'll find there's an aural effect compensating for that … I hope it gives a little pleasure.
