Wild and frantic
The beating of his heart
As he clung to the horse's mane
And held on for dear life
The trees flew past
They ran swifter than eagles
An elven horse
With a hobbit on it's back
A slash of black
Amidst the colors of the trees
A stab of pain
In an ancient wound
How many days?
It seems like forever
The cold bite of steel -
No, no.
Harsh and shrieking
Their calls behind him
Almost drowned out
In the screaming of the wind
Cold and blue
The river before him
The Nazgul behind
Closing in
Splash! Drowning - No!
Swimming through water
The Nazgul behind
With cries of dismay
Behind is midnight
Ahead is the morning
Behind is the darkness
Ahead is the day
Hurry, hurry!
Safe on the bank...
Turning around
As if by command
He comes! He stands
In the middle of the river
His black horse pawing
He raises his hand...
No, no
I shall not go with you
"Verily I come" -
No, no!
"Go back! Go back!"
Despairing and frantic
Weary and useless
Nothing left
The world is fading
Into gray of shadows
Gray and black
And the cold of steel
Do you hear? Do you hear?
The world is fading...
But what is that
On the other bank?
Light, light!
The light of the stars
High beauty and light
Beyond the Shadow's reach
And water, water
Cool running water
But death to those
Who are caught in the swell
Shrieking cry
A cry of despair
Swept away
On the roar of the wave
They are gone, they are gone
And for now it is over
And he bent down and wept
Into the horse's mane
Comments
Thanks!
Glad you like my poem! The Nazgûl (I think it's actually spelled like that) are the scary Black Riders in The Lord of the Rings. And yes, I do play the harp a little (that's my little harp in the picture, though at the time it was taken, I didn't know how to play it correctly. My harp teacher would find much to correct in this picture!).
So awesome!! I like
So awesome!! I like it.
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"Sing as if no one is listening;
Dance like no one is watching;
Live as if you will die tomorrow;
Love like it will never hurt."
-Old Irish Saying
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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -Bilbo Baggins [The Lord of the Rings]
I liked this, even though I
I liked this, even though I DON'T have a high opinion of Frodo. At the moment I can only think of one character in a book that's a good guy that I hate more- who would be Eragon from the Inheritance Cycle.
I am very loud, rather unreasonable, and downright stubborn in my abuse of those two. Most people, though not all, have learned to put up with it.
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Chaos.
Panic.
Disorder.
My work here is done.
I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief
I liked this poem. It's very
I liked this poem. It's very well done.
Anna: I don't like Frodo or Eragon either!! Eragon's worse...he's whiny. He's not a sympathetic main character at all.
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And now our hearts will beat in time/You say I am yours and you are mine...
Michelle Tumes, "There Goes My Love"
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And now our hearts will beat in time/You say I am yours and you are mine...
Michelle Tumes, "There Goes My Love"
Hmm, so you don't like
Hmm, so you don't like Frodo, huh? Fine, fine, keeping talking... *continues polishing fencing foil* XD
AMEN! If it weren't for
AMEN! If it weren't for Saphira, Eragon's character would be unbearable.
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Seen on a billboard advertising
a Septic Tank Company:
"We're #1
in the #2 business."
"Sometimes even to live is courage."
-Seneca
I second the motion! In fact
I second the motion! In fact quadtruple it!
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I personally predict that the world will come crashing to a halt if you don't forward this to 50 Gazillion people by noon tomorow!!
-me (in parody of a chain e-mail)
great poem! I'm not a huge
great poem!
I'm not a huge Frodo fan (I'll pick Sam over him any day) but I positively detest Eragon. Glad to see I'm not alone in that!
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Katie:-)
"We never need to be economical in our imaginations, thank heaven."
-Anne Blythe, "Anne of Ingleside"
Katie:-)
"Are all humans like this? So much bigger on the inside?"
-Idris/TARDIS
I like this. I like Frodo in
I like this. I like Frodo in the movie, but I don't really remember him in the book. Haven't read it in awhile. Sam is soooo much better though. I agree there.
"Here are the beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." C.S.Lewis
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived."
General George S. Patton
Elbereth
I'm disappointed that he never calls upon Elbereth lady of stars in the movie...
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The Word is alive/and it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless/and afraid...
~"The Word is Alive' by Casting Crowns
May my words be a light that guides others to the True Light and Word.
Formerly Kestrel
Okay, two questions. One,
Okay, two questions. One, who is Nazgul? Two, do you play the harp? Totally unrelated, I know. Great poem, though! Very descriptive!
"The meek tyrannosaurus, victim of an innocent misunderstanding, tears like heck across the prehistoric valley." - Calvin and Hobbes
"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question." - Harun Yahya