The world is full of poetry! If you haven't seen it yet, check out NVR's translation issue. It features modern translations of living poets writing in lots of languages, from Amharic to Uzbek, and many in between. We know there's something in it you'll enjoy!

In this essay @danielcowper.bsky.social discusses why poetry is so unpopular with general readers (link in the comments). He then takes a look at contemporary poetry that is popular (in terms of Amazon sales). It isn't to be missed!

A great special issue of @newversereview.bsky.social full of excellent translations of living poets from around the world. Please, read and share!

My great thanks to the editors of @newversereview.bsky.social for housing my translation of Julia Nemirovskaya’s poem about the inner spirit—the zest, the spark—that keeps the abyss at bay.

I'm here with translations of a couple of sonnets from the Greek of Yiannis Doukas:

A great special issue of @newversereview.bsky.social full of excellent translations of living poets from around the world. Please, read and share!

19 poets, 19 translators, 15 languages from Amharic to Uzbek—don’t miss New Verse Review’s special translations issue edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social & Mary Grace Mangano, featuring translations by @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @victoriamoul.bsky.social, @aestallings.bsky.social, and many more!

In anticipation of our upcoming translation issue, we recently published three pieces of prose about translation(s), two reviews and one interview. Check them out in the comments below!

Delighted to have this "rood" poem in LightPoetryMagazine's Poems of the Week. Thank you to Melissa Balmain, Kevin Durkin, & The Light Brigade for embracing it. Check out all the Poems of the Week at lightpoetrymagazine.com #EasterHumor #EasterCandy #candy #chocolatecrosses

Coming Soon! NVR associate editors @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano recently completed work on a translation special issue. Watch for it late next month.

Today is #WorldPoetryDay,, in honor of which, I'm posting a sampling of some of the best poetry from the first two years of Forgotten Ground Regained. This is from the Fall 2025 issue: "Hellhound" by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/

Congratulations to @dacooperpoet.bsky.social! His poem "Hellhound" is on @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Rhysling longlist. Read it here: alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #speculative #sff #scifi #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #rhysling #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🪐📚

Just an ordinary day for two sister missionaries, tracting through Dante's Inferno. But for one demon, it might mean a chance at redemption. Find out what happens in DA Cooper's "The Fallen." #LDS #poetry #Dante #religiouspoetry #religiousspeculative

Jokes for next year:

Like @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social, congrats to @sfpoetry.bsky.social's 2026 Rhysling Award nominees! I am pleased to note that Forgotten Ground Regained has two poems on the list: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's "Hellhound" @mrpoemguy.bsky.social's "Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation with Gas Giant"

The first issue of my crazy project is out! Order a copy and read about magical secret agents from the Republic of Deseret, fantastical retellings of scripture stories, possession, angels, astronauts, the problem of evil in Mistborn, CS Lewis's Perelandra from an LDS perspective, and more!

NVR's winter issue is available! Featuring @katiedozier.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social, @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social, @sethwieck.bsky.social, @kdawn999.bsky.social, @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social, @poetjs.bsky.social, and more!

Another favorite poet of ours, DA Cooper, dives into...someone called this a meme, but I'm not sure that's quite right? irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/23-1-mental-...

D.A. Cooper, "On Odin's Journey", in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained alliteration.net/poetry/on-od... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets

"I Raise My Voice", a poem in alliterative verse by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained. alliteration.net/poetry/i-rai... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #psalms #meditation

Thrilled to have a new poem in the new issue of FGR, along with great work by @stevensearcy.bsky.social, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social, @rhunedhel.bsky.social and many others. Here's my alliterative tree psalm, written while with students in the amazing Arnold Arboretum: alliteration.net/poetry/among...

New fiction from Lee Allred! We hope you enjoy "Opera of the Abyss, Part 1: Murder and the Rue Morgue." Join Field Agent Nils Lund of the Republic of Deseret as he pursues an unnatural monster and a stolen invention across the rooftops of Paris. With art by Kevin Wasden. #althistory #steampunk

We know it's been a little quiet around here, but that's all about to change! Further Light begins publishing next week! More details on our website.

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

Forgotten Ground Regained's sixth and final Pushcart nomination for 2025: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem, "Hellhound": alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky

Also in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem "Hellhound", inspired by a scene in Dante's Inferno. It imitates the Norse poetic form fornyrðislag. alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Dante #inferno #hellhound #alliterative #poetry

Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social: newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social: newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

Today at NVR, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social reviews Midge Goldberg's collection To Be Opened After My Death (Kelsay Books). This one will be of special interest to lovers of light verse! Link below:

New Verse Review is open from November 1 through November 30 for poetry submissions to its winter issue. We'd be honored if you shared your work with us. Full details below:

I recently had two alliterative poems published, one spiritual and one spooky. Thanks to Dialogue and FGR! @dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...

I recently had two alliterative poems published, one spiritual and one spooky. Thanks to Dialogue and FGR! @dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...

@dacooperpoet.bsky.social's "Hellhound" imitates Norse epic meter (fornyrðislag). 8-line stanzas. Both stresses in odd lines should alliterate with the 1st stress in the next line. Cooper breaks with historic form by allowing a single alliteration in odd lines. alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/

Now that the current issue is out, here's the next open call for submissions for alliterative poetry. Psalms and meditations ... alliteration.net/info/call-fo... #submissionscall #alliteration #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

Are your kids texting about the Poetic Edda?

New alliterative poem by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social: www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir... #alliterative #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse

Here's @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's Norse-style take on Dante's inferno! Hell may be hard, but the words gotta dance ... alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #alliterativeverse #Dante #inferno

Announcing: The Fall, 2025 issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, featuring modern English poetry in Norse and Icelandic forms. 17 poems, 3 articles, with loads of info for the curious (& some great poems!) alliteration.net/current-issue/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #BlueSkyPoets

Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue! www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...

Countdown to the next issue of FORGOTTEN GROUND REGAINED begins!

To introduce the Fall issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, releasing next Saturday, I'm introducing its authors first. D.A. Cooper is publishing "Hellhound" (based on a scene from Dante's Inferno) in FGR. Previous publications include "Rise" in The North American Anglican: northamanglican.com/rise/

Some good news on old news:

NVR's Halloween edition will launch on Tues, Oct 14. In celebration we are throwing our first ever HALLOWEEN PARTY! On Fri, Oct 17 at 8pm ET we will have a Zoom reading with some of the poets from the issue. We are looking forward to seeing you there! For tickets, please click the link below:

Public-service announcement: I finally bought a copy because for some unknown reason Amazon is currently selling it for $6.34: amzn.to/4365saW

Just wanted to announce that my next book comes out Sept 29. Latter-day Sikh is a biography of my grandpa, Gurcharan Singh Gill, and a reflection on the two beautiful faiths that shaped his life. More here: jamesgoldberg.substack.com/p/latter-day...

Here's a little Arthurian poem by Steve Knepper of @newversereview.bsky.social: alliteration.net/poetry/gawain/ #gawain #SirGawain #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse

NVR has nominated six poems for this year's Best of the Net. Congratulations to Midge Goldberg, Alice Allan, @stevensearcy.bsky.social, Jenna Le, @tyndallbrandon.bsky.social, and @sallythomasnc.bsky.social! Read their poems 👇.