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Forgotten Ground Regained

Epic and Narrative Poems

This page provides a way to find longer, narrative alliterative poems, regardless of where they were published.
Published Books
W.H. Auden
  • The Age of Anxiety
Steven Breneman
  • Noble Rider
William G. Carpenter
  • Eþandun: Epic Poem
Richard Eberhart
  • Brotherhood of Men
Steve Ely
  • "Big Billy" in Englaland
Rahul Gupta
  • Arthuriad
Helen Hajnoczky
  • Retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, from the Green Knight's point of view, in Frost & Pollen
Kathryn Ann Hill
  • The Martyrdom of Stephen
  • "The Song of Joseph", in The Song of Joseph and Other Poems
  • "The Song of Daniel", in The Song of Daniel and Oher Poems
Daniel G. Hoffman
  • "The Coming of Robin Hood", in The Sewanee Review
John Ingham
  • The Blood Eagle Saga
C.S. Lewis
  • "The Nameless Isle", in Narrative Poems
Benjamin John Peters
  • Sigurd's Lament
Aaron Poochigin
  • Mr. Either/Or
  • Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage
John Heath-Stubbs
  • Artorius
Myra Schneider
  • "Caedmon" in Insisting on Yellow
Mary Thaler
  • Ulfhildr
A freely available audio version:
  • Ulhildr: Part 1
  • Ulfhildr: Part 2
  • Ulfhildr: Part 3
J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Fall of Arthur
  • The Lays of Beleriand
  • The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
Zach Weinersmith
  • Bea Wolf
Paul Edwin Zimmer
  • "Logan", in Jerry Pournelle, ed., There Will Be War, Vol. VIII
Posted Online
  • A Green Sun Illuminates the Void
  • Beowulf and Maximilian
  • Braedthurnir Tolfsaga the Tale of the Twelve
  • Brosca: An Epic Poem
  • Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright
  • Eao's Lament
  • Kurowolf
  • Narn Hathaldir ah Aerlin
  • Of Isildur and the White Tree
  • Skaldsspa
  • Skopunargodthsognsaga - The Creation Saga
  • Stridth Sverdthannasaga - The War of the Two Swords
  • Tale of Brandon
  • The Ballad of Eowyn
  • The Blackreach Edda
  • The Epic of Balwyn
  • The Fall of Korax: Hexen Poem
  • The LOTRO Story
  • Translation: Aeneid III
  • Where Willows Wail Fall of Arlathan
Online Publications
Nancy Campbell
  • Kinguleruttui / The survivors
Ted Charnley
  • I Find the Naiad's Place, and Mine
M. Cyntha Cheung
  • Ælfwynn, Lady of Mercia
FrankCoffman
  • Battle of the Bards
Adam D. Cooper
  • Song of the Singer
Paul D. Deane
  • The Song of Marwen and Fithurin
  • The Song of Woe
  • The Song of Returning
  • The Song of Shadows
  • The Redemption of Daeron
James S. Dorr
  • The Westfarer
  • The Worm in the Wood
Susan Edwards
  • Slaying the Dragon
  • The Paths of theDead
Joshua M. Gillingham
  • The Lay of Beoric
Stacey Harris
  • Beggar King
Theric Jepsen
  • The Deacon and the Dragon
Jeffre Leiser
  • Freydis and Grudrid: Libretto
  • Freydis and Gudrid: Full Opera
Pat Masson
  • A Lay of Saint Boniface
  • Dragon-Fighter
John Myers Myers
  • The Death of Bowie Gizzardsbane
Sam Newton
  • Excerpt from Wuffingatæl
Douglas Oliver
  • "The Infant and the Pearl" in Douglas Oliver Sampler
Paul Park
  • Ragnarok
Jordan M. Poss
  • The Wælsing's Revenge
Emma Robinson
  • Naucum
Charles R. Sleeth
  • After the Flood
Samuel J. Stephens
  • Heavensfield
  • Músurdviða: The Lay of Mouse-Fate (Part I, Part II, Part III)
Alex J. Taylor
  • The Lay of St. Boniface
Karl Tbornley
  • The Lay of the Sea-Wife.
Edward Turbeville
  • Aeneid, Book III
Jo Walton
  • In Death's Dark Hall, a Dog Howls
Christopher Webster
  • Hengest
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