I Don‘t Like PoetryBy Joshua SeigalI don’t like similes.Every time I try to think of onemy brain feels like a vast, empty desert;my eyes…Arts & SciencesHumor & SatirePoetry & PoetsTechniquesAlliterationMetaphorSimileArts & Culture
poetry-magazineWulf ond EadwacerBy Unknown Lēodum is mīnum swylce him mon lāc gife; willað hȳ hine āþecgan gif hē on þrēat cymeð. Ungelīc is ū…LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveUnrequited LoveMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsTechniquesAlliteration
A Bird in BishopswoodBy John TickhillIn a sesone of somere þat souerayne ys of alle, Þat was þe myry monþ of May May May is a “somere” month… Related Audio LoveUnrequited LoveNatureAnimalsTechniquesAlliteration
Riddle 45By UnknownIc on wincle gefrægn weaxan nathwæt, þindan ond þunian, þecene hebban; on þæt banlease bryd grapode,…TechniquesAlliteration
Riddle 26By UnknownMec feonda sum feore besnyþede, woruldstrenga binom, wætte siþþan, dyfde on wætre, dyde eft þonan, sette…TechniquesAlliteration
Riddle 47By UnknownMoððe word fræt. Me þæt þuhte wrætlicu wyrd, þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn, þæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied…TechniquesAlliteration
Riddle 44By UnknownWrætlic hongað bi weres þeo, frean under sceate. Foran is þyrel. Bið stiþ ond heard, stede hafað godne…TechniquesAlliteration
Riddle 43By UnknownIc wat indryhtne æþelum deorne giest in geardum, þam se grimma ne mæg hungor sceððan ne se hata þurst…TechniquesAlliteration
The Siege of Jerusalem: Passus 3By UnknownThe Jewes assembled were sone and of the cité come An hundred thousand on hors with hamberkes atired…Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityWar & ConflictHistory & PoliticsTechniquesAlliteration
William of Palerne: Lines 1-1066By Unknownþat it apertly was apayed for profite þat he feld, and [wrouȝt] buxumly by þe bestes wille in wise as…Mythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsGhosts & the SupernaturalTechniquesAlliteration
The Ireland ProphecyBy UnknownS m[u]sid in [m]i[n]des [a]n[d] merk[e] [ther] a The tothe correctid [ther] tides mikel tene S sett…TechniquesAlliteration
Old English Riddle no. 26 (trans. by Roy Liuzza)By UnknownSome strong enemy snatched my life, deprived me of strength and soaked me, drenched me in water, dragged…TechniquesAlliteration
Piers Plowman: Passus 18By William LanglandWolleward and weetshoed wente I forþ after As a recchelees renk þat [reccheþ of no wo], And yede for…ReligionChristianityTechniquesAlliteration
Piers Plowman: PrologueBy William LanglandIn a somer seson, whan softe was þe sonne, I shoop me into [a] shrou[d] as I a sheep weere, In habite…ReligionChristianityTechniquesAlliteration
Ego Dormio: [All perishes and passes]By Richard Rolle[Alle perisches and passes pat we with eghe see] It wanes into wrechednes, þe welth of þis worlde.…LoveClassic LoveReligionChristianityGod & the DivineTechniquesAlliteration
Wulf and EadwacerBy UnknownIt's as if someone should give a gift to my people— they will kill him if he comes to the troop. It …LoveDesire & PassionHeartache & LossTechniquesAlliteration
Dream of the RoodBy UnknownListen! I will speak of the sweetest dream, what came to me in the middle of the night, when speech-…ReligionChristianityTechniquesAlliteration
Wynnere and WastoureBy UnknownHere begynnes a tretys and god schorte refreytebytwixe Wynnere and Wastoure Sythen that Bretayne was…Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsArts & SciencesPhilosophyTechniquesAlliteration
The WandererBy UnknownOft him anhaga are gebideð, metudes miltse, þeah þe he modcearig geond lagulade longe sceolde hreran…LivingLife ChoicesActivitiesTravels & JourneysMythology & FolkloreFairy-tales & LegendsHeroes & PatriotismTechniquesAlliteration + 2 more
Dream of the RoodBy UnknownHwæt! Ic swefna cyst secgan wylle, hwæt me gemætte to midre nihte, syðþan reordberend reste wunedon!…ReligionChristianityTechniquesAlliteration