Middle Earth Haiku
By Glorfindel's Girl
Author's Note: At last, after much personal debate, here it is. My ongoing Lord of the Rings/Silmarillion haiku project. If you're not familiar with the events and/or characters in either of the books, then you're probably not going the full meaning of the poems. Since I usually write a couple of these a day, expect frequent updates. Feel free to drop suggestions for future haiku subjects in your reviews. Please not that some of these are old and admittedly not all that great – but I'm going to post them anyway. Helpful critique is greatly appreciated. For those of you who don't know, a haiku is a traditional form of (non-rhyming) Japanese poetry, which consists of three lines totaling 17 syllables. They are usually written in 5-7-5 format. Most of these are written in the traditional arrangement, however, a few are written in the non-standard 5-5-7.
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1
Creature of Sunlight
Tormented by the Shadow
What have you become?
2
Offspring of Melkor
Does a glimmer still remain
Of what you once were?
3
Fearless and joyful
Golden hair gleaming
The ancient warrior reborn
4
Haven abandoned
Imladris stands in silence
The halls gather dust
5
Behold the jewel's light
The Oath returns to haunt you
After all these years
6
The ones left behind
How can any comprehend
The pain you have known?
7
Hope of her People
She traces another's footsteps
And shares in her doom
8
You despise her kin
Yet dare to love me
Behold your ill-gotten son
