New and Updated Poetry

Here is a song called Of Finrod and Bëor as was sung in Rivendell in the Third Age of the world. It is but a fragment from the Lay of Felagund, which told the story of Finrod Felagund in full. It was first cast into Sindarin in Imladris by some of the High Elves who dwelt there for a time, and later into Westron.

I: Of Finrod tarrying in Ossiriand

III. Of Finrod spying Men in the woods

III: Of Finrod's song of Valinor

IV: Of the waking of Men and the conversation of Finrod and Bëor

V: Of the disquiet of the Green-elves and the passing of Men into Beleriand

VI: Of the death of Finrod Felagund and the deeds of the House of Bëor

Coda

Grey ships depart Mithlond

Various thoughts and question about the end of the world, and what part the Elves might play. A drabble poem.

Beleg loves Turin. Despite everything, because of everything, forever.

“They lie in all the pools, pale faces, deep deep under the dark water. I saw them: grim faces and evil, and noble faces and sad. Many faces proud and fair, and weeds in their silver hair. But all foul, all rotting, all dead...”

- 'The Passage of the Marshes' from The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien.

An exchange between Celebrimbor and Celeborn before the Fall of Eregion and its aftermath.

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.

A visit to Himring, castle in the snow.

An attempt at a sonnet for the Experimental challenge.

Thranduil returns to Greenwood the Great, with a diminished army and without Oropher.

A haiku about Thuringwethil and Tilion. (I added a photo.)

The Sons of Fëanor descend on Sirion. Elwing rises.

Fingon rescues Maedhros from Thangorodrim.

Ficlets, drabbles, and other small pieces set primarily in early Valinor.

In Valinor, Cîr Imladris built, Elrond takes the opportunity to properly catalogue, categorize, and annotate one of the slowly diminishing collection of uncatalogued, uncategorized "miscellaneous objects with words attached"  that had been part of the library and archive at Imladris from the beginning.

A sonnet addressing some of the challenges the Noldor faced as Exiles.

Stringed instruments require stringing.

Maglor has used many sets of strings.

A riddle-sonnet contemplating the nature of that which, desperate, devours.

It is the middle of the Second Age.

The Numenoreans, who always tended to think a little more highly of themselves than perhaps they deserved, have turned oppressive and grasping.

Inhabitants of coastal towns are always happy to see Numenorean ships approaching (not).

A sonnet for Thingol and Melian

Indis of the Vanyar, queen of the Noldor and a singer, discusses cultural differences with her step-grandson Maglor, the musician.

Celebrimbor muses on the meeting that changed his life.

Downfall of a land o'erburdened by travail - a sonnet.

Filk of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'

A musical/poetic exploration of the Fall of the Noldor - 'Noldolantë' - from the discord sewn by Melkor to Fëanor's death.

A lanterne poem, in response to January's formal challenge at the Tolkien Short Fanworks community on Dreamwidth.

A repository of extremely silly poetry, about our favorite extremely silly elves. (And other beings, on occasion.)