Beowulf Poet

Wrote Beowulf. Interests include alliteration and nostalgia for a now-ended age of heroes. Also, it's pronounced 'shope'.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

I am headed over to the crow road. See you there

[Carmanda Arts Things @CarmandaArts]

@BeowulfScop organized this incredible list for the @WTFolklore pocket family if you're looking for a fun, weird, low-key #artchallenge this month!

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Masks are like shield walls:

1) little training needed to be effective
2) May not stop all enemy weapons but much better than nothing
3) work way better when EVERYONE participates

#scieldweall

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

The Wanderer had a hard time staying home under quarantine, but he’s doing a GREAT job social distancing.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Face masks are kind of like helmets for all your non-battle times. Embroidering a boar on mine. Hoping for good luck - and that viruses can be intimidated by images of pigs with sharp tusks.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

VIRTUAL HUGS to medievalists and to everyone - because we all need hugs right now and virtual is the safest kind. #HugAMedievalistDay

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Unless you are a dragon, STOP HOARDING.

(And if you are a dragon, your hoard of jewels and gold is great! Toilet paper and Tylenol would just take away from its shiny beauty. )

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

#WorldPoetryDay, hey?

You can see the unique manuscript of this epic poem here:
https://t.co/QpG5m9Leoz

It's named after its hero. You may have heard tell tale of him: Beowulf.

https://t.co/9OXHWl5otN
#LetsGetDigital

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Looking for a fun indoor activity? Call a friend and read them Beowulf! (Just please don’t use the pages as toilet paper afterwards. Scops have feelings.)

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

@JonathanHsy As opposed to modern artists, who always go for complete realism.

Many things have changed, but the urge to draw fantastically weird and magical animals remains constant.

[Marc Morris @Longshanks1307]

Today's the 953rd anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so obviously I'm reposting my scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in Playmobil.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Sing epic poetry in alliterative half lines. #ThingsTodaysKidsCantDo

[Norse Mythology @NorseMythNews]

Thor: Nice Legs!
Being a Thread of Many Parts

1. The goat is totally into it.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

“Gonna take my ship to the old whale road. Gonna sail til I can’t no more.”

[ruby 🐊 @roobeekeane]

Eleanor Rigby
Went down Heorot to find who had caused her son harm,
Ripped off his arm

ides aglæcwif,
lives underwater, the prized possession of her hoard:
A magic sword

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Sigh. It’s Wednesday and I still can’t get any descent composing done because everyone in the mead hall keeps having loud discussions about how disappointing Game of Thrones was.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

For #FolkloreThursday, checkout @WTFolklore - an irreverent and amusing podcast. (They have yet to feature my work, but perhaps that’s for the best.)

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Where are the þ’s of yesteryear?

Iceland, presumably. #TuesdayThoughts

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Happy Earth Day! Let us work together to save our planet. And also remember not to steal anything from a dragon’s hoard, no matter how shiny it is.

[Beowulf Poet @BeowulfScop]

Wild hunts! Wild hunts!
When I’m with thee
Wild hunts still mean
It’s time to flee.
- Emelye Dykonesson