{"id":114507,"date":"2022-08-22T07:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=114507"},"modified":"2022-08-22T07:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:23:45","slug":"the-great-hall-of-poets-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/08\/22\/114507-the-great-hall-of-poets-100\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Hall of Poets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular 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

Memories of the Second Age<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By H. Wiggins<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look to old days, and hold to them fast.\nWhen woodlands were green, and Arda still young,\nFrom Autumn to Spring, and days now long passed.\nOf rings and their lords, and sonnets once sung.\n\nBefore Elves crossed the west in ships of grey,\r\nAnd Fellowships were formed to follow their road.\r\nWhen Dwarves delved deeper into the fray,\r\nAnd men\u2019s lives were long, the seas their abode.\r\n\r\nThe shadows linger, though chained they were thought,\r\nAnd the light of two trees fades into night.\r\nPeace will not last, though for long it was fought.\r\nAlliances form to carry the light.\r\n\r\nFree folk will stand true and Sauron will rage\r\nFor these are the days of the Second Age.\r<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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The Cabin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
When the world troubles me,\nand all good thoughts have fled,\nI venture off to visit,\nthe cabin inside my head.\n\nSeated before a woodstove,\ngazing at radiant coals,\nI sip slowly at my coffee,\nnot worried by endless goals.\n\nHigh up within the mountains,\nnestled beside a brook,\nmy entrance, a round doorway,\nsimilar to that Hobbit book.\n\nSanctuary, peaceful haven,\nsurrounded by fragrant pines,\nwhen I\u2019m in need of solitude,\nit\u2019s stored inside my mind.\n\nI do not travel far,\nto fish, to read, to dream.\nI merely close my eyes,\nconjuring a magical scene.  \n\nSunsets and brilliant sunrises,\nappear beyond green hills,\nmist above blue waters,\nhelps me to gather the Still.\n\nWhen the storm comes calling,\nI quietly slip away,\nto that nearby cabin,\nin a solitary, peaceful bay.\n\n\u00a9 Copyright 2018 by Tom Frye<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n\n\n
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