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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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

If you have a Tolkien\/Middle-earth inspired poem you\u2019d like to share, then send it to\u00a0poetry@theonering.net<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0One 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\n\n\n

The Walk to Bree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by David McG.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met a wise old Hobbit on the winding path to Bree.
\nAnd as we strolled down woodland paths he began to sing to me.
\nHe sang of high adventure, of friendship and of woe.
\nOf how he’d helped to save this world, many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song it told a stirring tale as we seemed to float along.
\nDown ancient paths and long lost towns now living in his song.
\nHe sang of safe security and days of endless fun.
\nAnd how that changed the fateful day his friends were forced to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Hobbiton to Gondor’s halls his song it told the tale.
\nOf the greatest Hobbit who ever lived and a mission seemed doomed to fail.
\nThe lifelong friends he came to make and those he’d come to lose.
\nAnd the terrible fate that haunted them all, and dark paths they had to chose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song unfolded a wondrous tale of his life spent in the Shire.
\nFrom farmers fields to Dragon’s Inn and feasting round a fire.
\nA long expected party, to honour a life long friend.
\nAnd the forming of a Fellowship, that stayed true to journey’s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He sang the tale of the Crownless King whose rule had long seemed lost.
\nA Captain who had saved them all, but paid a terrible cost
\nThe mighty Ents, the Shepherds of Trees. White Wizard with a dark desire.
\nAnd a ring of gold that consumed all will, forged in a mountain of fire!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pathway grew much darker as he sang of battles grand.
\nHard fought by all the free folk assailed throughout the land.
\nThe horrors at the Hornburg, Osgiliath overrun.
\nThe last ride of the Rohirrim and the beating of the drum.
\nThe Battle of the Pelennor, the fight to seal all fate.
\nThe last march of all Free Folk to tear down the Dark Lord’s gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shadows they all lifted and the sun shone brightly down.
\nThen a beaming smile lit the Hobbits face as we came into Bree town.
\nInto the Prancing Pony, a bustling, ancient Inn.
\nAnd he toasted as he raised his beer “Let adventure new begin!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there stood the ‘Citadel Guardian’
And there stood the ‘Fool of a Took!’
And there stood the ‘Defeater of Wizards’
As told in the Westmarch Red Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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