Daniel Cooper
@dacooperpoet.bsky.social
Husband & father. Poet & writer
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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
alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky
Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper
... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...
alliteration.net
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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
alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky
Reposted by Daniel Cooper
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
alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Dante #inferno #hellhound #alliterative #poetry
Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper
... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...
alliteration.net
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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
alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Dante #inferno #hellhound #alliterative #poetry
Reposted by Daniel Cooper
@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/
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/
Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper
... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...
alliteration.net
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@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/
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/
Reposted by Daniel Cooper
