“Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew!” Potatoes are so scrumptious and every hobbit’s delight, but…
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Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets.
So come and join us by the hearth, and enjoy!
If you have a Tolkien/Middle-earth inspired poem you’d like to share, then send it to poetry@theonering.net One poem per person may be submitted each month. Please make sure to proofread your work before sending it in. TheOneRing.net is not responsible for poems posting with spelling or grammatical errors.
Kissed by the sun, embraced by the morning, The Forest sheds her cloak of Night. She slips into a gown of mist, She wove herself, by Morning light. In Amber rays, the Forest dances, In hidden glens within the hills. Barefoot, she glides through open meadows, Tip-toes her way past silver rills. Her gown of mist trails behind her, Fluttering in the morning wind, Adorned with gems and sparkling jewels. The rising sun did surely send. © Copyright 2000 by Tom Frye
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In a time where the world is burdened with chaos and full of darkness, even the slightest shine from the Star of Eärendil wouldn't stop it. Creatures roam unmindful of the evil around them, focused only on temporary love, possessions and never on HIM. Rejection can feel cold but murderous to one's mind, inner thoughts are like battling Balrog Hoping one day the world will go eastward of Gondor, to be with JESUS, my precious! Although many already bear this ring, it is our job as its bearer to plant its seed.
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In the first part of this interview we met Julia Golding, founder of Project Northmoor and the Oxford Centre for Fantasy. Here we find out more about the Centre and the teachings of J.R.R. Tolkien. Don’t miss a first look at Julia’s video tour of the barrow of Wayland’s Smithy, which may have been one of the inspirations for the Barrow Downs east of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. She also takes us to the famous White Horse Hill. (Link at end of article.)
Mithril: I recently completed the first class offered by the Oxford Centre for Fantasy. Along with truly fun and productive lectures and assignments, the course had some fantastic tutors and guest speakers, and I am now part of a community of writers inspired by Tolkien. We even have an online Inklings group the Centre created for us. Was it always your intent to grow the experience into a community? How do you see it evolving?
Julia: I wish I could claim I had a master plan, but actually it has been more an organic growing experience. Our headline thought was this project is about encouraging the next generation of fantasy creatives, using Oxford and the Inklings as examples to inspire us. The idea to create a space for a community of writers came from reading Diana Pavlac Glyer’s book on the Inklings, Bandersnatch. Diana was one of our guest speakers. Her book unpacks how the Inklings supported each other as writers, and also why it eventually folded as a group. I thought after reading this that it would be natural to see if our first students wanted to stay together to continue their journey, using the Inklings example. They clearly can’t meet every week at Magdalen in C.S. Lewis’s rooms as Tolkien and friends did, but they can meet together in their online group. Once the space was set up, I stepped back to let the students become their own thing.
Continue reading “Julia Golding Interview Part II”
Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets.
So come and join us by the hearth, and enjoy!
If you have a Tolkien/Middle-earth inspired poem you’d like to share, then send it to poetry@theonering.net One poem per person may be submitted each month. Please make sure to proofread your work before sending it in. TheOneRing.net is not responsible for poems posting with spelling or grammatical errors.
By D.McGlinchey Elanor, my star flower, my beautiful golden sun. From lonely isles did your namesake travel to bring beauty and joy from afar. Elf Child, though of Halfling kin, fair beauty of the Shire. Your grace and wisdom outshines them all and your laughter a Dragon would halt. Blessed with the grace of the Valar you glow. Though hard was the road that led to your being,I never faltered nor forsook the dreams I made. I traveled there and back again to make true those distant dreams. And I did. With you Elanor. My star flower. My beautiful golden sun.
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by MA Corkery Riddles in darkness, hobbit and ring What object is this? Have I found some new bling? It’s shiny, and gold and I think very old But there is something more to it that can’t quite be told Will it bring power, joy, or wealth? Can it save me from this dark goblin house? These questions, they run in my mind as I ask, “What have I got in my pocket?” Riddles in darkness, hobbit and ring What is this creature, this non-goblin thing? Is it tasty, will it be a good snack? My precious let’s see and then swiftly attack Now it is riddles: teeth, daisies, and time We’ll answer his questions and then he’ll be mine But wait, where have you gone? Did I lose you somehow? My precious where are you, I cry out aloud I look at this morsel, this non-goblin thing Just maybe, perhaps, he has taken my ring Riddles in darkness, hobbit, and ring I am one step closer to my dark lord and king The darkness is coming, he’ll find me I know And in the darkness binding he’ll grow and he’ll grow Riddles in darkness, hobbit and ring Remember with winter there is always a spring No matter the darkness, no matter the might There will always be hope and good fighting the fight
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by Michael Amos Though bird in shire and toad in hollow share their daily cries Dark forces incessantly wallow chanting so he flies It’s never good to lose your sight of things that truly matter For there’s a fight tween wrong and right the falling swords a-clatter. The day is new and offers all the chance to make a choice The very things that fill us up and cause us to rejoice! So why are we so very willing at the least resistance To tattle, harp and creak our spilling complaints every instant? It’s ours to mourn the loss of power swelling loves true ranks When all our whinging melancholy has us walking planks. The remedy is simple dear, and never once you doubt it You’re the one who moves your eyes and never should you floutt it. Here the birds and all the frogs who’s siren song declares The sun is coming! Build your life and share with us your wares The evil waits for you to fake your focus on a whim So, always know it’s on your watch you give a chance to him. Remember love, and luck and joy and fight with all you’ve got To grow, and know, and pluck your vision from the twisted knot Of everything that blocks your way and dance aside so lightly You’re a living song of ever loving will so mighty The shire is true, The sky is blue The stakes are oh, so high Let’s herald one more chance To make the best of life, it’s nigh.
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Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets.
So come and join us by the hearth, and enjoy!
If you have a Tolkien/Middle-earth inspired poem you’d like to share, then send it to poetry@theonering.net One poem per person may be submitted each month. Please make sure to proofread your work before sending it in. TheOneRing.net is not responsible for poems posting with spelling or grammatical errors.
By D.McGlinchey
Elanor, my star flower, my beautiful golden sun.
From lonely isles did your namesake travel to bring beauty and joy from afar.
Elf Child, though of Halfling kin, fair beauty of the Shire.
Your grace and wisdom outshines them all and your laughter a Dragon would halt.
Blessed with the grace of the Valar you glow.
Though hard was the road that led to your being,
I never faltered nor forsook the dreams I made.
I travelled there and back again to make true those distant dreams.
And I did.
With you Elanor.
My star flower.
My beautiful golden sun.
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Chinese The Lord of the Rings Trilogy fans were highly anticipating this past weekend as Peter Jackson’s ‘The Fellowship of the Ring‘ was due to re-release nationwide – in glorious remastered 4k.
Unfortunately, due to the last second approval by government officials, many Chinese venues did not get the print in time and screenings had to be canceled. Here’s the wrap up from The Hollywood Reporter:
It was another bizarro weekend at the Chinese box office.
The long-anticipated return of Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring finally arrived Friday in vividly remastered 4K. But official permission for the rerelease from China’s regulators came so late — just one full day in advance — that marketing for the movie was mostly nonexistent and scores of digital prints failed to reach cinemas on time, forcing a wave of cancelations and refunds to angry customers throughout Friday and into Saturday.
The article continues…
The Fellowship of the Ring, meanwhile, limped into fifth place with just $4.1 million. The opening results for the fantasy classic are a keen disappointment compared to the recent performance of James Cameron’s Avatar, which opened to $23.7 million when it was rereleased in China in March. The perennial appeal of the Lord of the Rings franchise could help Fellowship mount a healthy hold though, much as Avatar did (Cameron’s film has climbed to $60.2 million in second-run sales). Warner Bros. also will get a do-over later this month — assuming all goes to plan (always a big “if” in China) — when Jackson’s The Two Towers re-releases on April 23. Regulators have indicated that the franchise closer The Return of the King will also get a second run in China, but the film — worryingly — still hasn’t been given an official release date.
Hollywood Reporter, April 18th 2021 ‘China Box Office: ‘Lord of the Rings” Derailed by Logistical Issues
