New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
Elrond took his library with him to Valinor. In that archive are many things, and the librarians and archivists of Cîr Imladris (New Rivendell) are kept delightfully busy.
At the Feast of Reuniting, Fingolfin finds himself missing Anaire.
A smitten young elf declares his love with a poem.
The Oath of Fëanor, translated by the international cast of the SWG! Vocal versions to be added!
Luckier. By whose definition, luckier?
Fingon, unfocused, distracted and distressed. A double-drabble and three drabbles.
Whither away to the stars, my love
"[Yavanna] is the lover of all things that grow in the earth, and all their countless forms she holds in her mind, from the trees like towers in forests long ago to the moss upon stones or the small and secret things in the mould." ~ Valaquenta
A philosophical question on the nature of decoration, raised at a celebration of the Spring Equinox in Nargothrond, in the years of (relative) peace.
A smal chant made up by the schoolboys of Minas Tirith to help remember the Quenya names of the tengwar. In it the high and the low, the funny and the grave are strangely mixed, as it is pieced together from trivia of the Elder Days and notions relating to the then recent events of the War of the Ring
Fingon the legend juxtaposed with Fingon the person.
Elegy on the fate of Boromir, the eleventh Ruling Steward of Gondor, son of Denethor I., after whom Boromir, son of Denethor II, was named.
After his successful theft of the Silmarils, Melkor is in a very good mood.
A calm evening at Meduseld. This is my attempt at the Byr a Thoddaid form.
Written for B2MeM 2019
(Sonnet) After Thingol’s death, Melian reflects on their life together and what happens next.
Written for B2MeM 2019 and SWG Challenge Love Actually.
Maeglin’s point of view after his betrayal and before his death.
cheesy ode for the cheese course of Holiday Feast.
During her forced marriage to Brodda, Aerin is consoled by the presence of Rían’s ghost. (Two versions of the story: chapter 1 in prose and chapter 2 in alliterative verse.)
The story of Ninnachel of the Noldor, neither male nor female, but gwegwin -- literally 'man-woman' -- intersex and identifying as outside the binary. Warrior, lover, writer of obscene poetry, giver of hope and defiance, community builder.
A series of poems written by Ninnachel, mostly dealing with love and war.
The great Dwarvish smith Telchar makes the knife Angrist for Curufin, and Curufin contemplates the new weapon. (Alliterative verse.)
As evening falls, Tar-Míriel's faithful handmaiden awaits her return in her chambers. (Sapphic verse. Tar-Míriel/OFC.)
There are some elves out there who still need to find their way home: Maglor, Daeron, Mithrellas.
Somehow, they will.
Luthien casts her songspell over Morgoth.