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Sometimes I write random stuff, and I'll post it here. I'm open for suggestions, please let me know about any improvements that I can make to my writing.
Down below the evening’s light
Where shadows play their song
Lie tales told of quietude,
Lie tales told of renown.
Upon the heather and the...
Hello All,
I am not sure how many people are familiar with Malcolm Guite, or if he has been discussed on this forum before, but I discovered him recently and have been enchanted. He has many videos on Tolkien that I find very well thought out and insightful - not to mention a love of all the...
ENT Will Add To These as Time Goes On
To @MarinersMostRenowned
Of Mariners Most Renowned
we consider we've been crowned
with blessing not elsewhere found
since joining us, you found sound.
Seeing you coming aboard
Ent watched you from his green sward
checking out what we afford
to each...
Sung in the 1st Person POV of Fingon.
Enjoy!
Speed now this feathered shaft,
O Manwe above on high,
May he not feel any pain,
But may he swiftly die.
Dark have been his days,
O Valar, set him free.
Allow me to release him,
From this living misery.
Steal the fire of life within,
Quell the...
TOLKIEN’s USE OF POETRY - AND OURS
In daily use he handled them, not seeing them as specialty.
By verse or song he'd weave his words, fitting them to help us see
the things at hand
that were so grand
they should be shared rhythmically.
His stories written out this way provide a depth most oft...
Since this has been highly requested by you guys, here's some of my (very old) LotR-related artworks (please excuse the quality of the scans):
Frodo [as portrayed by Elijah Wood, roughly from 2001]
Arwen [as portrayed by Liv Tyler, roughly from 2002]
A freehand sketch of Arwen [even...