Math Jones

How lovely to be mentioned, unprompted, in a review of new verse. Many thanks, @newversereview.bsky.social

Another #poem from the gig at Frigg's Moot. Not a #Heathen poem as such, but an important message in any context. "Un-entitled", it's aimed at men who feel themselves owed a physical intimacy (for whichever ridiculous reason...). A serious subject, presented with humour. youtu.be/d-M6Esktj3o

Day Three of Wonder, celebrated by @inksweatandtears.co.uk Poems by myself, by @jmatkin.bsky.social (really marvellous) and by @katenoakes.bsky.social (also truly marvellous). And see their other days of celebration on site (4 so far) #PoetrySky inksweatandtears.co.uk/day-three-of...

A poem, performed live at Frigg's Moot in August. Verdandi, of the Norns, takes a moment to look up from her work. #HeathenSky youtu.be/6T9C0OyjU14

@inksweatandtears.co.uk Day 3 of a celebration of Wonder, for National Poetry Day, UK

You won't want to miss our current Featured Publication - Wild Boar by @jennyhope.bsky.social from @vpresslit.bsky.social

Ūlan (Owl)… a drawing & entry taken from my sketchbooks along with a painting from later last year, after a substantial period of dreaming visions & visitations. 🦉 Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday! 🤗💖 Gabrielle x #witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism #heathenart

A recent share to my youtube channel is this piece, performed at AUK's Frigg's Moot. The poem is Mothers Song, written in 1997, in alliterative verse, to celebrate our mother ancestors (of blood or adoption). #Heathen Subtitled. Video image is me with a live audience. youtu.be/PwLNgT7jkkE?...

Thank you, Paul

Sōunnunga - Initiation... a piece from reflecting on themes of necessity, surrender, death, Initiation and rebirth that I have been feeling both on my personal path as it deepens and seeing reflected out in the world... Gabrielle x #witchsky #heathensky #pagansky #hedgewitch #animism #heathenart

A group of Heathen organizations writes in to reiterate their opposition to Folkish Heathenry and announce their ongoing coalition for inclusive Heathenry. wildhunt.org/2026/07/opin... #pagan #heathen #asatru #thetroth #frith #folkism #politics

Yep, gotta admit - I resent that the *reconstructed names of the younger fuþark are prevalent over the names of the Old English fuþorc. #HeathenSky

Too hard to support the two sides of myself, I soften some. An effort to be whole even; eyes take it all in. Thought throws it all around, thronging through. Fiercely. A simple rearrangement of rules, raw re-evaluation. See me at all angles, as I can't act all of me all at once. Math Jones 2026

Hollow underneath, this heart Doesn't understand why What pumps out full, comes back Depleted. The weariness of that returning, Such a long journey, Falls over at the threshold, To be carried to chambers. Beating for attention, this heart Wants infusion. Blood . Math Jones. 2026 #PoetrySky

Congrats to @denniswise.bsky.social for making the 2026 finalist list for the Mythopoeic Society's "Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies" for his book, "Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology"! www.mythsoc.org/news/news-20...

Why do poetic poetry call-outs for submissions turn me away so? It feels like the editors have done all the work of poeting already, & I'm being asked to write on a flowery page, instead of a plain one. #PoetrySky

Might I acquaint you, #PoetrySky, with the poetry channeI I made on YouTube? www.youtube.com/@MathJonesPo...

And on that poetry channel, #PoetrySky, #PaganSky, #HeathenSky, a number of poems inspired by mythologies, Old Norse & otherwise... www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The pull of my own words Keeps me from yours; It is a sad stream. #PoetrySky

My shortest ever poem, which is also my shortest ever magical spell, poetry workshop, & grimoire. Step in. #PoetrySky

That particular kind of stretch, which is as much a clench, or a twist, after inactivity, which leaves me giddy & slightly blacked-out, having stopped my blood-flow before starting it up again...

As a poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, I want to feature poets who are often marginalised. Except they seem to be marginalising themselves by not sending their work. Send poems for June! I'd be grateful to receive them at: thursdaypoems@gamil.com morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...

It'd quite nice really, to die on a hill. Uffington, maybe. Herefordshire Beacon?

Reading your poem aloud, you must learn which of the words to present in focus, & which must a blurred a little. #PoetryThreads

Heathenry for the Solitary Practitioner. If you’re feeling the pull of the Old Ways but find the prospect of massive, academic sagas a bit daunting, this little gem is the warm, steady hand you’ve been looking for. #paganportals #heathenry #heathens #heathensky @moonbooksci.bsky.social

#PoetrySky #AudioSky Put out onto the waves and currents... A homemade album, of poems of the sea, & other tides. It's FREE to listen to online, though you can buy to download (& gain two bonus tracks) mathjones.bandcamp.com/album…

Reading myth, you've a foot in their world, a foot in ours, & a foot in your own. #PaganSky #HeathenSky #SkyMyth

D'oh! That's not an eagle! That's Lleu Llaw Gyffes in a brown study! That's no falcon, that's Freyja, oh no, it's Loki's borrowed her dress again. And that's no owl...

A new issue of Forgotten Ground Regained is out. Theme: "Moments Sensed and Seen"! 26 poems by ten poets, and two articles. alliteration.net/back-issues/... #alliteration #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #poetsofBlueSky #medievalsky #poems #poemsabout

Tomorrow!

#NYCPoetryFestival news: Forgotten Ground Regained will have a book table and poetry reading this summer at Governors Island. July 18th, 1-1:30 pm, White Horse stage. Readings by: Aaron Poochigian, @zachweinersmith.bsky.social Lancelot Schaubert and myself. #NYCPoetry #NYC #poetry #poetrysky

There's a case for saying that #HeathenSky should really be #HeathenSkull...

There is a spring named Hvergelmir, where Loki came to drink, and found his nature. #HeathenSky

The two Ravens 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ Hugin and Munin, The Allfather's all seeing Ravens. Never tired of watching what happen on Midgard. #heathensky #pagan #witchsky #nordic #mythology #raven

Odin didn't always know. #HeathenSky

It being Friday, when bandcamp puts its fees aside... An alliterative poem, recast from Snorri's Edda, for the making of things, Midgard, goddesses, gods, people, heaven & Hel, Loki's children, Baldr's death & the doom of powers. In 9 parts. #HeathenSky mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/gylfag...

I've a Ragnarok joke at the end of my set.

I've made a rough & ready album of poems I wrote in the 1980s, aged 17-25ish. Some were published. Some were performed in a poetry show. Some are still in my head, ingrained. Funny how these things stick around #PoetrySky Free to listen to on bandcamp, here mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/80s-po...

#PoetsofDoom @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

With a poem you've written, it's like you're asking the reader to hold the other side of it. #PoetrySky

Here's what may be an even easier read. My free online translation's up to 80% complete, working on finishing the Green Chapel scene. alliteration.net/poetry/sggk/

#HeathenSky #PoetrySky Just published on bandcamp: Gylfaginning in Verse A recasting of Snorri's Prose Edda, source for Old Norse myth, in alliterative verse. Free to listen to, for now. Also, Tales of Godhome, by Thorskegga Thorn, pt 1. mathjones.bandcamp.com/album/gylfag...