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Ye'll take the high road / and I’ll take the low road, / and I’ll be in Aman afore ye; / but you and I will never meet again / on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Ivrin.
Legolas is inspired by Gimli's song - and by Gimli himself.
Arvedui is gone, and Firiel reflects.
The song battle between Felagund and Sauron
In praise of a painting of a young Finrod in Valinor.
Berion, captain of Barad Eithel under King Fingon, laments Fingon's death and the loss of his home.
After the War of Wrath, what was originally planned as a temporary stay (a kind of moral quarantine) on Tol Eressea turns into a permanent settlement. And so we also get another chapter in the history of the White Tree(s).
A Silmarillion acrostic.
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously thought on the matter who the Ainur are, who Eru is, how he matches our own religious pantheon, and this has been conducted after serious research of many esoteric teachings of our own planet's heritage.
Haikus for prompts of the Funky 70's challenge.
A poem about the Noldor. (See Story Notes.)
The King of the Peacocks has passed away. Who will come to mourn his passing? Manwe will surely send his emissaries...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/47759956 This poem goes with the artwork.
The adventures of Wally the Walrus...or Osse the Maia, in walrus form?
Aredhel walks a dark path.
A poem Finarfin writes about Eärwen after a walk on the beach together.
Ungoliant gets a chance to have her say.
Written for the Tengwar challenge, with the prompts silmë nuquerna (starlight reversed) and ungwë (spider's web).
Responses to the Tengwar Challenge in which first letters spell out the name of a tengwa: 1) Early Encounter (Nerdanel, Indis); 2) Numenorean Lullaby (Almarian, Aldarion); 3) Tink-Tink (Telchar); 4) Such lamps as once shone in Khazad-dum (Celebrimbor).
Maedhros' horror at the burning of the ships. Inspired by a painting (see notes).
For the Tengwar challenge, four poems in which Beleriand and Middle-Earth are threatened by flames (once from each cardinal direction).
Lembas speaks out.
Bilbo recounts, in verse, the attempt of Gandalf, Beorn, and him to cross the Forest River after the Battle of Five Armies. Written for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's 2024 Mailing Competition.
For the Tengwar prompt challenge.
All 36 prompts plus bonus chapter
Grey ships depart Mithlond
Various thoughts and question about the end of the world, and what part the Elves might play. A drabble poem.