EDITED BY SAMUEL J. STEPHENS | PHILIP J. PALACIOS | NATHAN GILMORE | DIANA MASSENGALE
THE WÆLSINGS’ REVENGE
poetry | alliterative meter
by JORDAN M. POSS
The story of Sigemund, his sister Sigeflæd, and his son Fitela and their long-awaited vengeance against Sigeflæd's husband Sihtgar, who betrayed and murdered his wife's family.
Artwork by Ashley Carr
THE LAY OF ST. BONIFACE
poetry | alliterative meter
by ALEX J. TAYLOR
A retelling in Anglo-Saxon meter, this is the story of the eighth-century English monk Boniface. This extraordinary monk’s mission took him to the dark forests of Germany where he sought to convert its peoples to Christianity, culminating in the epochal moment when the monk cut down Thor’s Oak.
THE LOSS OF THE WEST,
BOOK III
poetry | miltonian blank
by WILLIAM G. CARPENTER
Scholar and poet Carpenter lands us in the midst of the English Civil War, and the deaths of some of the heroes of the Parliament Army. This is a new chapter’s prologue of a larger work.
THE EPIC BOOK OF SAMUEL, PART II
poetry | miltonian blank
by NATHAN GILMORE
We now turn to Israel’s first kings, appointed by God: King Saul and his troubles; the discovery of David in the house of Jesse; and the unparalleled climactic battle with the Philistine giant, Goliath.
THE EPIC ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, PARTS II & III
poetry | heroic couplet
by ALICIA JOY TAYLOR
The Epic Acts of the Apostles continues with Parts 2 & 3 here, in the story of Stephen's martyrdom, and Saul's conversion on the road.
OPERA ANGELORUM
poetry | miltonian & alliterative
by SAMUEL J. STEPHENS
Translation—”The Works of Angels” (Not opera the musical form). A poem about the history of poetry and books and their survival in the face of tyranny and disaster, related through snapshots of some of the greatest ancient writers, and the extraordinary times in which they lived.
CONSIDERING THE EPIC
essay | poetry
by SAMUEL J. STEPHENS
The appeal of epic verse throughout history elicits both wonder and confusion: how do epic poems sustain interest? Who were the audiences for these poems, and why do they fail to gain an audience today? Mr. Stephens answers these questions and many more in the form of a dialogue.
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