O Sing! by Lferion

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the SWG October 2021 Gnome Tome challenge.

The prompts I used were:
-- "IRON is always IRON"
-- "sang before they could speak"
-- Eru answered: "Let the houseless be re-housed!"

Many thanks to Zhie and Runa for encouragement & sanity-checking.

Posted here on AO3.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Singing into being, a drabble-poem

Major Characters:

Major Relationships:

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry

Challenges: Gnome Tome

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 104
Posted on 28 October 2021 Updated on 28 October 2021

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O Sing!

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Oh, sing a song of iron, obdurate and strong
Of carbon making steel, enchained in crystal long
Wrought or poured or forgéd, shaped by ringing song
Iron ne'er not iron, rightly used or wrong.

Oh sing a song of Speakers, joy in chorus raised
Counterpoint and melody, on starry reaches gazed
Harmony and rhythm expressing hearts amazed
Words came after Music, creation to be praised

Oh sing a song of Making, of lamps and pillars bright
Of stars and stones and vessels, shaped from fulgent light
Feär seeking hroär, form enfolding might
The houseless now re-housed, beloved in our sight

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