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POETRY
Poems about folklore, mythology, crytids or just the local area we are exploring.


The Fellers' Master Stroke
In the Tate Britain there is a magical painting set deep in the forest, with tiny, supernatural beings frozen in anticipation as the "Fairy Feller" prepares to split a nut with his axe. It's by Richard Dadd, and he wrote a poem to go alongside it.

Trixie Sparkles
May 7, 202516 min read


Faerie ring by Lois Ryan
Follow the faeries, follow the faeries, Let them lead you astray Pull yourself from well-trodden paths, and whistle your time away...

Trixie Sparkles
Jan 2, 20251 min read


The Eddas
There are two #Eddas; the Poetic (older) Edda, and the Prose (younger) Edda. They are collections of mythological stories revolving...

Trixie Sparkles
Feb 21, 20223 min read


Beowulf
#Beowulf is an Old English epic #poem that is considered one of the oldest surviving works of English #literature. It tells the story of...

Trixie Sparkles
Jan 20, 20221 min read


Welsh Maiden by Joel Hayward
Welsh Maiden by Joel Hayward, a poem about the monstrous witch Jenny Greenteeth.

Trixie Sparkles
Oct 10, 20211 min read


If- by Rudyard Kipling
If-, a poem by Rudyard Kipling (1895) If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can...

Trixie Sparkles
Mar 27, 20211 min read


Sussex by Rudyard Kipling
Sussex, a poem by Rudyard Kipling (1902) God gave all men all earth to love, But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot...

Trixie Sparkles
Mar 27, 20212 min read
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