@matthewdickerson.bsky.social poem alert

Paul Deane@rhunedhel.bsky.social · 6d ago

Faramir appreciation time! Matthew Dickerson, "A Good King", in the Summer 2026 issue of Forgotten Ground Regained alliteration.net/poetry/a-goo... #tolkien #jrrtolkien #fanfic #fanfiction #poem #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommnity #faramir

Just learned that my book "Ents, Elves, and Eriador" w/ Jonathan Evans on the environmental vision of #JRRTolkien was released in Italian translation. It's the 1st one listed on the publisher's #Tolkien page. Nice to see it finding new readers and continued life. fedecultura.com/products/ent...

Ent, Elfi ed Eriador - Matthew Dickerson e Jonathan Evans

Scopri la visione ecologica cristiana in Tolkien: Elfi, Ent e Hobbit come custodi della Terra. Un saggio che illumina l’attualità del suo mito.

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Connect the photos however you’d like in your imagination. But for me one evening last week, they were part of the same narrative — one I didn’t have to imagine. For the record, in case it helps you gauge proximity, both were with the same wide angle lens. And both taken from the same canoe.

This little red-eyed vireo collided with our window. Badly stunned, it spent 10 minutes on my hand and lap with eyes closed, then another 7 standing and looking around before it suddenly flew off into the woods. I hope it is the same #vireo I heard singing for an hour this evening. #birds

Morning walk in the woods of Vermont. Surprised by a close visit from a female black-throated warbler. #birdwatching #morningwalk #warblers

Flocks of #warblers migrating through. Some stay for the summer. So many sings and colors! #Thrushes are back too. It’s been beautiful and delightful to see and hear. A few sightings new to my life list: northern parula, black-throated blue warbler, and black-throated green warbler. All photos mine.

First #morningwalk of 2026 with large numbers of white trillium fully in bloom along with the red trillium, trout lily, spring beauties, blood root, and Dutchman’s Britches spread out along the trails and forest floor.

New @matthewdickerson.bsky.social alliterative verse just dropped

Paul Deane@rhunedhel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Matthew Dickerson, "Autumn Feast, Beldon Falls", in the Spring 2026 issue of Forgotten Ground Regained. alliteration.net/poetry/autum... #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #alliteration #poem #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #poemsabout #autumn

Ruby Fairy Slippers. Because there’s no place like home. Or, rather, no place like the little vernal spring in the woods near my home. #morningwalk #vermont #fungi

Trout lily, hepatica, spring beauty, Dutchman’s britches, and trillium are all up and all but the last of those are blossoming. #morningwalk #wildflowers #considerthelilies

Some new bird sightings over the past week on my #morningwalk and #eveningwalk. A brown creeper and a pine warbler. The camo on the creeper is very good against the maple bark.

For #jrrtolkien folks interested in Icelandic or Old Norse. I visited Iceland on route from speaking at the Tolkien Conference in Zurich. Highlights included lunch with this reviewer www.bokmenntiroglistir.is/blog/dickerson (head of the Icelandic Lit. Soc.) and visiting an exhibit of Old Norse mss.

Newly posted essay on #jrrtolkien and his #middleearth writings: washingtoninst.org/grief-and-so...

Grief and Sorrow in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth: the Importance of Lament and the Wisdom of Gandalf | The Washington Institute

What does it mean to lament? What does lament mean to you? At a basic level, to lament is to express sorrow or grief—usually visibly or audibly (or both), often in prayer or song or poetry. Lament can...

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WENDELL BERRY, The Hidden Wound “…no man is alone, because he cannot be; he cannot arrange it so that either the good or the bad effects of his life will apply only to himself; he can only live in the creation, among the creatures, his life either adding to the commonwealth or subtracting from it.”

I will be speaking at this #jrrtolkien conference in Zurich in March on “Leadership in Middle-earth.” tolkien-tagung.ch There’s a great cast of speakers & it’s hybrid; online participation is free: tolkien-tagung.ch/contact-us My talk will focus on lament and leadership esp modeled by Gandalf.

For those who live in the northeast and enjoy wildlife and wilderness landscape art. #middleburyvermont #photography #painting #art

A new review of an older book about #jrrtolkien and #ecology www.bookbub.com/reviews/6463...

D. Art McKinney recommends Ents, Elves, and Eriador

An excellent analysis of Tolkien and his approaches to the environments of Middle-earth. Thought-provoking with well-supported information both within and without Tolkien's world.

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Moonlight falls on the snowy woods, meadow, solar panel & woodshed. Cedar & pine, black birch & ash & sugar maple. And in the distance, a lone spruce where two mornings earlier four deer were browsing on spruce tips while an owl hunted from solar panel perch. #winterinvermont #lastdayofchristmas

Words of wisdom from Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social Certainly something I want to have in mind as a teacher.

For the next nearly six months I get to watch the sunrise slowly moving northward. Wherever it comes up, I always enjoy its first peeking of the morning over the Green Mountains.

#morningwalk on the Maine coast in mist

Want to live on (escape to) another planet? I understand the impulse! Here’s a profound and important idea from my current read: “This Sacred Life”, by philosopher & writer Norman Wirzba @nwirzba.bsky.social whose many books I have found deeply thoughtful and moving. #goodbooks #transhumanism

I really enjoyed this conversation about rivers, fly fishing, ecology, and native fish with Katie for her Fish Untamed podcast. It’s a wonderful podcast with some great guests and topics. www.fishuntamed.com/podcast/epis... #flyfishing #riverecology #nativefish #alaska #dollyvardenchar #trout

Ep 166: Native Fish and Biodiversity, with Matthew Dickerson — Fish Untamed

Matthew Dickerson is a freelance writer who has published in The Drake , Backcountry Journal , American Fly Fishing , Written River , and Fly Fishing International. He has also written many book...

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I made this 8 yrs ago as part of a series, after serving as artist-in-residence at Glacier NP. I watched again today, reminded of what a priceless treasure our national parks and public lands are. What a loss if they get sold & exploited. #glaciernationalpark #nationalparks youtu.be/eorkWtTNUh0?...

Glacier National Park (and its Native Trout): An Introduction

YouTube video by Trout Downstream and Heart Streams

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Went for a walk in the woods this AM in between the rain and the predicted rain. We were surprised to find one of our neighbors hunting in our meadow not far from our house. But the neighbor seemed remarkably unsurprised and non-threatened by us. Perhaps it was visiting from #Narnia. #barredowl

For those folks who appreciate the wisdom of #jrrtolkien and #middle-earth here is a new piece I had published just this morning on Tolkien’s insights gleaned in the 20th century and how he portrayed fascism and tyranny and capitalism in his writings: washingtoninst.org/capitalism-f...

Capitalism, Fascism, and the Wisdom of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Washington Institute

As last century wound to a close, author and scholar Tom Shippey published J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, one of the most important works in the field of Tolkien studies. In the book, Shippey ...

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I am not a mushroom forager. I don’t know enough & don’t want to die or fry my brain. But these were in our backyard — 2 lbs! — and are considered one of four varieties safest to eat in terms of trustworthy ID. So #mushroom soup for dinner. I think Frodo, Merry, and Pippin would approve. #hobbits

Camping at the Parc de la Gorge de Coaticook, Quebec. A very beautiful place with some wonderful local food. The Foresta Lumina display after dark was delightful. #easterntownships #coaticook #quebec

The local goldenrod has seemed not only especially abundant this year, but also very bright in its namesake color. The pollinators — including northern paper wasps, common eastern bumblebees, and honeybees (all shown) — have been abundant and busy among them. It’s quite delightful and encouraging.

“Birds in the Sky, Fish in the Sea”. Sometimes they come together along the shore. It often ends badly for the fish, but as a fellow fisher I enjoyed watching these snow egrets foraging along the beach in Santa Barbara. #beaches #birds #snowegret #santabarbara www.squarehalobooks.com/birds-fish