New and Updated Poetry

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. 

Life is too short for some kind of contests.

Maybe it's possible to love one thing without knocking the alternative.

(Especially if both of them happen to be fictional, in any case.)

Free verse (pretty much extra free)

In the last hour of Númenor, Tar-Míriel attempts to gain ground with a final prayer.

A bittersweet Nerdanel/Nienna poem.

Glamdring lives in Gondolin, throughout the years and to it's fall.

Poem.

A poem/song about the stars, and the Great Journey.

Terza Rima.

For B2MEM 2018 using the prompt,"By the starlit mere of Cuiviénen, Water of Awakening, they rose from the sleep of Ilúvatar; and while they dwelt yet silent by Cuiviénen their eyes beheld first of all things the stars of heaven." (The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor, Tolkien.)

Andreth, called Saelind by the Elves, had her heart broken by Aegnor...

...but Aegnor was no less wounded by his actions. He poured out his heart to his beloved twin, Nerwen, just before flame engulfed Dorthonion...

...and later, remembering his death, he relates his last moments to Findis.

A collection of poems I've written over the years inspired by Tolkien's works. Most can be found on tumblr where they were first published.

Dying on Haudh-en-Ndengin, Rían has a prophetic vision and sings one last song of defiance.

Tilion's thoughts on Arien and being the moon spirit. Companion piece to Burning. 

Death of a Golden Flower. (Poetry and Artwork)

Arien's experience following the death of the Trees.

Fëanor's creation of the Silmarils, in the form of a sestina.

There is chaos in the Music, but all will be renewed. (Poem)

Varda makes the stars. (Poem)

At Nienor's request, the women of Brethil share stories and songs about Haleth, the river's daughter, and those they loved. (Goldberry/Haleth, Goldberry/Nellas, Haleth/OFC)

Of the Feast of Reuniting at the pools of Ivrin it is said that the joy of that feast was long remembered in later days of sorrow.

Never shall I see the place,

Where Enel woke and Enelyë roamed.

A poem of a Sindar/Silvan elf in Valinor.

Two brothers and their thoughts about Arda.

Maeglin realizes that during his visits to the dwarves he felt less of a stranger than during his time in Gondolin.

A tragic poem for each tragic son of Fëanor - their glorious rise and disasterous fall. Fëanorian week 2017.

A poem about Eluréd and Elurín's tragic fate.