Meriadoc's Battle

[freyabaggins]

Meriadoc's Battle

The road is long and the mountains tall,
A long, long way from hearth and hall.
I took a trail beside my friends,
Wherever to our journey’s end.

Many months have now flown past .
On my way to war at last,
My lady and I upon our horse,
Among the soldiers, rough and coarse.

The morning dawns, the sky is red,
Corsairs sail the riverbed.
Through the charge I hear a cry,
Nazgul up where birds should fly.

The battle goes by like a blur,
Wargs that looked like mangy curs,
Oliphaunts with heads up high,
Wagging towers that touch the sky.

A Nazgul lands upon my king,
His niece defends him, her sword doth ring.
The Nazgul lord starts to strike,
I smite him, with all my might

My sight goes white, and then to black,
As I fall upon my back.
I hear my lady’s voice ring loud,
“I am no man”, I feel proud.

And then the Darkness closes in,
I feel no more the land of men,
Dark dreams of despair and fear are nigh,
Find me Pippin, before I die.

The road is long and the mountains tall,
A long, long way from hearth and hall.
I took a trail beside my friends,
Wherever to our journey’s end.

[FRODOFAN]

So nice to read a LotR poem, especially with rhyme. What a fun piece. Nicely done. Slightly rough with the rhythm here and there, but love how you balanced it by repeating the first stanza at the end.


Good job. I hope you post more soon.

[Manwe]

Wow, this is great! Rhyming poetry is tough, but this really works, it follows the story and has a Tolkien feel to it. I agree with Frodofan, please contribute more of your work! - M

[freyabaggins]

This was a fun piece to do, and I'm glad you like it!

P.S. I'm no good at poetry except when it's ryming poetry.

[FRODOFAN]

I adore rhyme, so that's great.