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New Challenge: Building Middle-earth Let global architecture be your inspiration in this challenge, where you will work with a prompts that are architectural styles, locations in Arda, or both.
He’d ventured into the little fishing village in search of food and maybe a dry place to sleep for a night of rain and wind—he hadn’t expected this, to be bullied into a hot meal and a healer’s attention.
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Bilbo, the strange old hobbit with the wandering feet, senses something special in young Frodo the first time he sees the lad; as they become close, they find in each other a cameraderie not well understood by other hobbits. Five poignant moments between Bilbo and Frodo Baggins over the course…
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And then there are those silences and refusals that speak more than a thousand words. Wonderful twist at the end, and I agree with Dawn on the flow and rhythm beforehand.
I'll be looking forward to more of your poetry, you really have a knack for this!
I'm really, really glad to hear that. :) English isn't my native language either, and I can't stress enough how much writing fanfiction helped me become comfortable using it. And poetry is even more intricate than prose, so here's mad respect for posting your poems!
(And I'm still looking forward to more from you. :))
Another ESL writer here clapping her hands in praise of your work :) This is wonderful, and the last line delivers a painful punch in the gut. Awesome!
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