Assorted Tolkien Cinquains

Rohan,
Golden horses
Gleam in this red'ning dawn
Carven eyes so bright and lifeless
Like yours.


Samwise
The stout-hearted,
Your Rosie be-ribboned
and dancing, a memory at
Day's end.
- Primula
Shelob

She was
evil beyond
all knowledge of darkness,
whom guarded Cirith Ungol's pass,
always.

Spinning
silken designs
with sticky, poison webs,
listening for lost traveler's
footsteps.
- Shelob
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The Inn of the Prancing Pony: a selection

Old inn
at the village
of Bree, under-the-hill
welcomed hobbits, dwarves and men
to stay.

Near fire
and drink their fill
of coffee, tea or ale
to sing and dance a little jig
or two.

Until,
by light of moon
and stars shining, softly,
in the night, wrapping cloaks tightly
around.

Walking,
along, as one,
like friends do together,
after an evening of joyful
laughter.
- Shelob
For Boromir
Captain of Gondor

Horn sounds,
calling Gondor's
son to his last battle,
protecting the Ring-bearer's life
with death.

River
flowing swiftly,
carried the small grey boat
into the current of his dreams
lost hope.

- Shelob
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Merry
Little hobbit
You do not belong here
and I can’t be burdened with you
in war.
- Rosie Cotton
Buckland
My deepest heart,
Under hill, by hearthside
I will ember-gaze, remembering
Rohan.
- Primula
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Daughter of Kings
 
Daughter
Of kings, slender
And tall, girt in silver
And white, long hair like a river
Of gold
 

Lady
Of Rohan, fair
And lovely to behold,
Yet your eyes reflect a profound
Sadness
 

Gazing
Over the fields
Of Pelennor, her thoughts
Cold and bleak, a hand touches her
Shoulder
- Bregalad

Éomer
Valiant soldier
Fighting, defending, honouring
A hope for the future
King

Éowyn
Slender, fragile
Yearning, loving, missing
Most sorrowful of hearts
Alone
  - Fan of Faramir
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Evermind

Bright eyes
in the tall grass
crown the ancestral king's
solemn graves with blossoms of fair
white stars.
- Triba
No Admittance

"No admitance except on party business."

The door
that opens to
a cozy Hobbit-hole
is round and green and welcomes in
no one.
- Triba

Mr. Underhill Goes To Bree

Knock Knock
quick comes Harry
opens shutter: no one
opens the gate's lower shutter
"Hobbits!"


Mithrandir

the grey
has come again
in Khazad-dûm he fell
we lost him there, now he returns
the white
- Ben-Hur
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Attained:
Awaited throne;
Surpassing your kinsmen,
Such a great leap for long-legged
Strider.
- Primula

Lorien Cinquain

Lovely,
How glistening,
Sparkling lights in the trees,
Guiding us on ever homeward,
Lovely.
- Silivren Ithildin
3 Cinquains for Bilbo

Bilbo
Famous burglar
Out of the riddles dark
Brought sunlight to a darkened gold
Treasure.

Hobbit
Without breakfast,
No pocket handkerchiefs,
Nor even hat, nor walking stick,
Endures.

Writer,
Red-book filler,
Inscriber of poems -
So many read your unfinished
Story!
- Primula


Sept. 22

Birthday!
This fine fall day,
Bright crackers, tall tent poles -
Surely enough guests and speeches
For two.

Speeches,
Long and boring
Disreputable tales,
When will he be finished with the -
Ka-BANG!
- Primula
For Erkenbrand

Captain
Wise while wary
He protects and forgives
And fills us with feelings of shame
Commander.
- Agape4Rivendell
Mithlond

Mithlond,
Lord Cirdan’s home.
Ships ever sailing west,
precious cargo now homeward bound,
Aman.

~~~

Into
mist and darkness,
white ships gracefully sails.
Never to return to home port,
Mithlond.
- Isilme
Some cinquains in honour of Boromir.

Golden,
Isildur's bane
Whispering, taunting him.
A chance to save the White City
From doom.

.

Red haze,
Fading vision.
Arrows pierce his body.
Gondor's son fearless in death, now
At peace.

.
(Denethor's lament)
.
Farewell
My first-born son.
Emptiness fills my soul.
He was my hope, my golden boy,
My friend.
.

(Boromir's promise)

Beyond
The great divide
I shall keep watch over you,
In those harrowing dark hours, my
Brother.
- Daisy Gold

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