New Challenge: Allusive
Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.
Never shall I see the place,
Where Enel woke and Enelyë roamed,
Where Elves dwelt free,
And doom was death not Valinor.
Never shall I see the place,
Where Denethor walked,
And became a King,
Only to be slain.
Never shall I see the place,
Where Lenwë turned from his path,
Nor where he settled with his people,
On the shores of the Anduin.
Never shall I see the place,
Where Elu dwelt in a thousand caves,
And Lúthien sang to nightingales,
In the shadows of the trees.
Never shall I see the place,
Where my ancestors lived and died,
Never shall I see the place,
Where I would choose to live,
But instead live here,
In a land I cannot leave.