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\"ChristmasBilboReading\"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\u00a0Great Hall of Poets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So come and join us by the hearth and enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have a Tolkien\/Middle-earth inspired poem you\u2019d like to share, then send it to\u00a0poetry@theonering.net<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There and Back Again, by Frodo Baggins<\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Melissa A.<\/em><\/p>\n

Old Bilbo took a walking holiday with hearty dwarfs.
\nA wizard\u2019s lucky number solving riddles in the dark,
\nHe won a magic ring, did outwit a fearsome dragon,
\nAnd then emerge from raging battle Thorin\u2019s truest friend!
\nWhat I would only give just to go there and back again!<\/p>\n

And now the magic ring is mine, yes to my great regret.
\nTo leave my cozy hobbit hole, the date at last is set.
\nThe whole of Middle Earth at stake, not a lonely mountain!
\nAt least my Uncle Bilbo knew where his great trip would end.
\nI have not left for where \u201cthere\u201d is yet so long to be back again!<\/p>\n

My journey\u2019s end is one of doom and this alone I\u2019ll bear.
\nThough my companions nine do swords and bows and axes swear,
\nThe oath I took to brave the Mordor waste does not bind them
\nLest Sauron\u2019s ring their bane become before Orodruin.
\nI\u2019ve sworn I will go there, but will I make it back again?<\/p>\n

The ring has melted in the flames and Middle-Earth is free
\nOf Morgoth\u2019s minion, Orc-lord Sauron, and his tyranny.
\nAnd yet I find my wounds of sword and sting and tooth won\u2019t mend.
\nThough all the nine save one went home, my journey will not end.
\nAlthough I made it there, for me there is no back again.<\/p>\n

~~ * ~~<\/p>\n

The Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities<\/strong><\/h4>\n

by: Luke T<\/em><\/p>\n

“Who dares entering my domain?
\nWho is so bold to take my gold?
\nI am the king of the mountain,
\nwho slayed all warriors of old.<\/p>\n

Well thief, where are you? Show yourself!
\nYou\u2019re caught in the dead of night.
\nI smell you, and I hear your breath!
\nDon\u2019t be shy, step into the light!<\/p>\n

Do you think you can deceive me?
\nI know you stole something of mine.
\nOne of my precious golden cups,
\nnicely crafted and shining so fine.<\/p>\n

You will take nothing from me, thief.
\nYou and your friends will not succeed.
\nI\u2019ve eaten your little ponies,
\nand will punish you for your misdeed.<\/p>\n

Do not think you can take revenge,
\nthe old king of this hall is dead.
\nI ate his people like a wolf,
\nand the rest fled from me with dread.<\/p>\n

You see: my armor is like iron,
\nI can\u2019t be pierced by a single blade.
\nTrust me, I feel completely safe
\nfrom your brave little Dwarvish raid.<\/p>\n

For my teeth are swords, my claws spears,
\nand my wings a hurricane, so strong.
\nThis quest for Erebor has failed,
\nyour people have never been so wrong.<\/p>\n

And I know who assisted you:
\nthose lowly men of the long lake.
\nIt\u2019s time to pay them a visit,
\nthey will all fear the fire drake.<\/p>\n

They should not have listened to him,
\nthis lord of the silver fountain.
\nNow they will pay homage to me,
\nthe true king under the mountain!”<\/p>\n

~~ * ~~<\/p>\n

Gorlim\u2019s plead<\/strong><\/h4>\n

or known as<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The betrayal of Gorlim the Unhappy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

By Sarah Idri\u00e9l The Fair<\/p>\n

There was a man, in those old days when Beren still walked on Arda<\/p>\n

and L\u00fathien Tin\u00faviel was dancing free to the music of Daeron\u2019s flute,<\/p>\n

and this man\u2019s name was Gorlim and he was married with Eilinel the White,<\/p>\n

fair and gentle maiden and she was much loved by his husband.<\/p>\n

But too soon came the day when Gorlim had to leave her,<\/p>\n

because of \u2018The Battle of Sudden Flame\u2019, horrifying and terrible day in the memory<\/p>\n

of men and elves, but the exact amount of pain no one could say<\/p>\n

because very few returned and someone who remembered said once;<\/p>\n

\u2018I could not talk about that day of agony, because great sorrow overshadow my heart\u2019<\/p>\n

but Gorlim went away with his lord, Barahir 7th head of the house of B\u00ebor,<\/p>\n

and in the glory they left, to the fourth battle of the Wars of Beleriand.<\/p>\n

Bravely they fought but at last Morgoth the Accursed gained the victory,<\/p>\n

and the remaining fled and hid, and Gorlim was among those who returned<\/p>\n

only to found that the lands were plundered and Eilinel was nowhere to be found!<\/p>\n

Great was indeed the grief in that day, but even greater was the grief of Gorlim<\/p>\n

because of the disappearence of his much beloved wife.<\/p>\n

Gorlim joined Barahir\u2019s outlaw band and many times he secretly<\/p>\n

went back to his house to seek Eilinel and look, one autumn when he came again,<\/p>\n

he saw a glimmering white light behind the window and Gorlim hurried to<\/p>\n

the house and he shouted for joy;<\/p>\n

\u2018Eilinel, Eilinel, a shining star by day,<\/p>\n

Dear Eilinel, she has found the way!\u2019<\/p>\n

But cruel treachery was that fair light on the window<\/p>\n

and Gorlim was captured by Sauron\u2019s hunters.<\/p>\n

So he was taken in front of Sauron The Great who promised to him<\/p>\n

that he could reunite with his beloved wife Eilinel,<\/p>\n

and Gorlim, his heart sank into darkness, and what he decided in great despair<\/p>\n

and sorrow and in the greater desire to see again fair Eilinel,<\/p>\n

let Gorlim, brave man of the House of B\u00ebor, to his death and tragedy,<\/p>\n

for on the instant Gorlim spoke, Sauron laughed and the earth and mountain were shaking under his black speech;<\/p>\n

\u2018Gorlim the traitor, you shall reunite with your wife, indeed!\u2019<\/p>\n

So Barahir\u2019s men were killed except one, who was not there at that moment,<\/p>\n

Beren, Barahir\u2019s son had a dream where Gorlim\u2019s spirit came to him<\/p>\n

and said to Beren;<\/p>\n

\u2018I, who was cruelly betrayed, I am traitor myself,<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve betrayed my Lord, by my word!\u2019<\/p>\n

And Gorlim The Hapless cried out;<\/p>\n

\u2018So I plead for forgiveness!<\/p>\n

Naethen, Goheno nin, Goheno nin!<\/p>\n

Forgive me! Forgive me!<\/p>\n

\u2018Beren, it is no time to waste,<\/p>\n

your father needs your aid!\u2019<\/p>\n

But it was too late.<\/p>\n

And Beren, being in great agony,<\/p>\n

swore an oath to avenge his father,<\/p>\n

\u2018but I shall not wept, for my heart is stone-cold\u2019<\/p>\n

he said.<\/p>\n

This was the tale of the betrayal of Gorlim the Unhappy, who was also betrayed.<\/p>\n

And Eilinel, fair Eilinel, had died a long time ago.<\/p>\n

~~ * ~~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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