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Woohoo! Thank you. I always think a poem is a bit like a joke: if you have to explain it, it's not any good. I was hoping someone would notice there was some form and content there. (OK. Now if I just could have worked in a little imagery, I would have been better pleased. But, hey, it's been 20 years since I tried to write a poem.)

These are elegant and have a direct almost Spartan quality as fitting a pair of warrior-scholar-princes.  They are exactly the kind of vows I would expect Findekáno and Maitimo to speak to one another. Both sets of verses are great, but I really, really liked Findekáno's words!

Nope, no cause for personal embarrassment here. 

What do you mean - "almost canon?"  In my book, your M & F embody canon. ;^) 

 

Thanks you so much. I am utterly delighted with your characterization of "a pair of warrior-scholar-princes." (Oh, you know me and these characters so well!) I've been wondering for a while about Findekáno and why he is always so much clearer since I started writing this series because I was so in love with the idea of Fëanor’s eldest son. And it finally just hit me writing my epilogue (I am slow) and it is because Maitimo is wounded and Findekáno is whole.

I am looking forward to seeing you post your own recent effort at poetry. It is so much more ambitious than mine and has a larger theme.