Forgotten Ground Regained
Jere Fleck
Jere Fleck (1936-2017) was a professor of Germanic languages at the University of Maryland and a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism, where he was known as Geirr Bassi Haroldsson. Several of his alliterative poems appear in Dennis Wise's critical anthology of modern alliterative verse, incuding:
- Ode to the Two Earls (Tveggja Jarla Drápa)
- Coronation Ode (Konungsvígsludrápa)
- Dream Ode in Long Lines (Draumdrápa hrynhend)
- Comparison of Kings (Konungajafnaðr)
- Ravens’ Rede (Hrafnatal)
- Markland’s Coronation Oath
- Markland’s Wedding Oath