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Forgotten Ground Regained

Editor and Contributor

Paul Douglas Deane

@rhunedhel on Bluesky Forgotten Ground Regained on Facebook @PaulDeane3 on X (Formerly Twitter)
Review by Dennis Wise
I am a theoretical linguist by training (Ph.D. 1987, M.A. 1983, University of Chicago.) I have published a variety of academic works, including Grammar in Mind and Brain: Explorations in Cognitive Syntax (Mouton de Gruyter, 1993), Achieving Equity in Writing (Peter Lang, 2023) and articles in various journals including Educational Psychologist, Lingua, Cognitive Linguistics, Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, and Reading and Writing. I am currently employed by the Educational Testing Service as a principal research scientist.
My longstanding interest in poetry was rekindled by my involvement with an online community, Elendor MUSH, focused on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. As part of my involvement with the interactive literature of the MUSH environment, I wrote several epic-length poems in alliterative verse, including the poem I consider my master-work, The Redemption of Daeron. This experience led me (rather naturally) to the conclusion that alliterative poetry is an excellent vehicle for poetic expression.
My poem The Song of David and Abishag recently appeared in The Brazen Head. An excerpt from my ongoing translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight appears in Illuminations of the Fantastic, Issue 3. Three of the poems listed below, "Freeway Dawn", "Aislin's Ride: A Fragment", and "A Cry to Heaven" also appear in Dennis Wise's Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology.
I live in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, with my wife Deborah S. Deane and am working on a variety of projects, including my translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and various other works including finishing the fantasy novel I began writing with my late friend, Kimbra Wilder Gish.
Articles
Reviews
  • A Field Guide to Alliterative Verse
  • Varieties of Alliterative Meter
  • What happens when a literary tradition dies
  • Tapestries and Collages: Some thoughts on poetry and the arts
  • Translating Alliterative Poetry
  • Oodles of Awful Alliteration
  • C.S. Lewis, The Nameless Isle
  • J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lays of Beleriand
  • John Heath-Stubbs, Artorius
  • Tony Harrison: Plays 1, The Mysteries
  • Simon Armitage, Translator, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • Jo Walton and the Blood of Kings
Poetry
General Interest
  • Freeway Dawn
  • Welcome to our Website
  • What a Perfect Poem
  • Breakwater
  • Housebreaker
  • Aislin's Ride: A Fragment
Tolkien Fan Poetry:
  • The Song of Marwen and Fithurin
  • The Song of Woe
  • The Song of Returning
  • The Song of Shadows
  • The Redemption of Daeron
Christian Poetry
  • Like A Tree Standing Tall (After Psalm 1)
  • All the Air is Shattered (After Psalm 2)
  • How Many, How Many? (After Psalm 3)
  • Where Echoes Call and Crash (After Psalm 4)
  • O Lord, I Call (After Psalm 5)
  • A Cry to Heaven (After Psalm 6)
  • Silence Is Not Safety (After Psalm 7)
  • You Have Graced the Heavens (After Psalm 8)
  • Fifty Days Further: A Morality Play (Based on Acts 2)
Translations:
  • Beowulf Lies Dead Beside the Dragon (translation)
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (partial translation)
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