Tanka by The Wavesinger
Fanwork Notes
In which I murder yet another poetry form for the sake of Tolkien Femslash Week Bingo.
Card: Book Titles
Prompts: I17 (The Stone Gods), O42 (I Can't Think Straight)
Card: Emotions
Prompt: O42 (longing)
Card: Lyrics and poetry
Prompt: O42 (“You were the first person on Earth” – Tracy Chapman)
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Summary:
A sequence of tanka in which Nerdanel contemplates Varda..
Major Characters: Nerdanel, Varda
Major Relationships:
Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Poetry, Slash/Femslash
Challenges: Tolkien Femslash Week Bingo
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 186 Posted on 20 July 2016 Updated on 20 July 2016 This fanwork is complete.
Chapter 1
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your eyes glitter as
I unearth them from marble
this is who I know
who are you with me? yourself?
nothing? something in between?
nothing I can make
could ever outshine your grace
queen of the heavens
you sung the stars into being
kindled light into the world
your hands I carve large
do they not hold all of Arda?
(this I cannot know)
I have never felt your touch
so how can I ache for it?
you look; never hold
I embrace you in marble
is what I do wrong?
you wish for the love of souls
but my body aches for you
a small smile, side-curved
a private smile between us
is the smile for me?
or do you laugh at my youth?
or wonder at my wisdom?
the curves of your breasts
beautiful and distracting
I hold in my heart
this longing this passion
I do not know, cannot think
your feet walked the earth
long ages before my birth
I cannot grasp you
for you are beyond my ken
and yet, my queen, I love you
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