Poetry Contest - Round 3
Rules:
#1 Entry must have a rhyme scheme!
#2 Entry must be related to the given theme and can be either book or movie inspired.
#3 Poem should be no longer then 120 lines.
#4 No personally invented characters or places.
#5 Submit your entry using the following form. E-mailed submissions are no longer accepted.
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Theme: The Passing of the Elves
Entries 4:
By Kalynna:
Into The West
O! Wise and Fair shall slowly walk
To Mithlond, find eternal rest
Moon shining on skin white as chalk
The rise and fall of tender breast.
Ithil galad, a silver light
Teleperion's last flower
Illuminates the blackened night
Firstborn's glory, weakened power
All outcomes cry with tragety
The dark within the lighted glass
The waning of their race shall be
For lest these things will come to pass.
Into the West pale ships shall go
To testament left in their wake
Their silver armes as white as snow
No tears to fall, all hearts to brake
The echos of their memory
In songs enchanted light was meshed
Are left on shores of western sea
To be eternally in rest.
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By Burbo Baggins:
The stars are shining, but fading fast
Whisper mournful songs of ages past
The land has become forlorn
White shores call to the first born
They pass in darkness of night
to set sail at dawn's first light
Bright stars shine upon their fair brows
The light upholds their elven vows
Their lament echoes in the dark
it saddens the young morning lark
who used to sing with joy and blithe
as the elves danced with grace and lithe
Their young, fair skin never to wizen
Their ships disappear in the horizon
The boats will travel long and far
following the dimming star
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By Telturwen:
Unspoken trust upon tender wish,
With the sweet caresses of lovers’ lips,
Would wordlessly be wisped away,
In a gentle breeze before decay.
A gemstone tear would flaw the skin,
Thus none are shed for mortal kin.
Satins drape o’er opal flesh,
Not unlike that which soon will thresh.
Their passing leaves a shallow wake,
As rain drops ripple tranquil lake,
And the melody, so saccharine,
Nestles sorrow of the unforeseen.
Broken hearts, they journey on,
In search of peace and rest and song.
Shall those who weep begin anew,
A haven for they who’ve met their due?
O! Blessed Ones, such torment left,
As blood is drained long after death.
So hence from here they abdicate,
For promise is lost on ruined fate.
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by Dhodrimme:
Crystalline tears upon alabaster skin
Features fairer than any once had been
Stole the breath from mortal being
As was witnessed such graceful fleeing
Oh wails of sorrow would I give
To see the fairest who have lived
Like a mist through forests pass
Seeking the shore, the sea of glass
What eerie melody they slowly sang
Through the forest their voices rang
And in that moment the Graceful passed
Seeking to sail across a sea so vast
Now never more their voices heard
Now never more their noble word
For to every forest and every kingdom
The passing of the Elves had come…
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Unfortunatly, to conserve space, I can not post the winning entries for you to view.
Round 2 Winners:
1st- SheildmaidenEvenstar
2nd- Sivan
3rd- Kender
Round 1 Winners:
1st- Telturwen
2nd- AredhelTurambar
3rd- Oxemity
Past Themes:
Round 1 - People of Rohan
Round 1 - Lothlórien
Awards for Pick Up:
