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Forgotten Ground Regained

The Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Celtic Worlds

This page showcases poems on this site inspired by the Poetic Edda or, more generally, by the ancient Pagan world from which the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Celts emerged. For more poems on this theme, consult the following pages: Longer Works, Collections, Translations, Old English, Beowulf, Oher Languages, SF Authors and Fans (scroll down, or search on the page for 'Viking' or 'Anglo-Saxon'), The Riddle Tour, and Pagans.
  • A Lay of St. Boniface
  • A Song of the Petrel
  • An Anglo-Saxon Riddle
  • A Riddle
  • A Trinity Riddle
  • Ash of the Oathbreaker
  • At Ethandun
  • At the Place of the Hoary Apple Tree
  • Aurgellmir
  • Battle of the Bards
  • "Bede's Sparrow" in Illuminations of the Fantastic, 17, Epic Poetry III, Forgotten Ground Regained
  • Beowulf (multiple excerpts)
  • Blodmonath
  • Caedmon Remembers
  • Cain's Kin (Grendel Alone)
  • Catching Loopy
  • Creation
  • Cuthbert's Way
  • Deor (translation)
  • Dragon-Fighter
  • Epitaph to the Sussex King before Æthelwalch
  • Farewell
  • From Place to Place
  • Gleipnir: To Bind the Wolf
  • Giants’ Work
  • Gleipnir: To Bind the Wolf
  • Grim Goes Fishing
  • The Opening of the Gylfaginning
  • The Opening of the The Hattatal
  • Hengest Wants War-Companions
  • Hervör
  • Huscarl
  • Ingelrii’s Maþþumsweord
  • Hoder's Song
  • Icy Yule
  • Journey to the West
  • Lady of Cats
  • Lords of Battle
  • Extract from ‘Malfosse’
  • Lament for Vinland's Sailor
  • Leaf
  • Listen, He Whispers
  • Mistletoe
  • Mnemonic for the Futharc
  • Modern Historian’s Riddle
  • Mother's Song
  • Octdober 14th
  • Over the Sea
  • Place of Slaughter
  • Quest for Valhalla
  • Rædwald’s Return
  • Skaði and Njörðr
  • Sweord
  • Sword-Maiden's Song
  • The Battlefield
  • "The Beowulf Poet Speaks" in Illuminations of the Fantastic, 17, Epic Poetry III, Forgotten Ground Regained
  • The Coming Winter
  • The Galdrmaðr Weaves an Evil Spell
  • The Lay of Thrym (translation)
  • The Runes of Weland's Sword
  • The Eightfold Year
  • The Exiles' Song
  • The Lay of the Sea-Wife
  • The Sais and Taliesin
  • The Scop of Streoneshall
  • The Seafarer (translation)
  • The Swan's Song (translation)
  • The Tale of Skorri's Song
  • The Talisman
  • The Translator, Working Late
  • The Wanderer
  • The Westfarer
  • The Yule Tree
  • Toys
  • Tropos: An Étude
  • Ulfhildr (audio: Part I, Part II, and Part III)
  • Volund's Revenge
  • Warriors
  • Wayland's Revenge
  • "Weyland's Revenge" in Illuminations of the Fantastic, 17, Epic Poetry III, Forgotten Ground Regained
  • Winter
  • Excerpt from Wuffingatæl
  • Yggr
  • Ymir
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