kyrielle / elanor
Elanor
The sun rides low in winter's sky
I watch the withered leaves blow by
But spring still blooms beside my door
With golden stars of elanor
The Lady sent them from her land
Your father planted each by hand
To cleanse the Shire of pain and war
With golden stars of elanor
Each golden heart conceals a dream
A captured sun, a brightest beam
Hope dwells inside our hearts secure
With golden stars of elanor
Still brighter is my girl of gold
The light my hands delight to hold
I fear no frost – and I adore
The golden heart of Elanor.
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Author's Notes: I don't have much of a grip on hobbits, so this pairing was
aspecial challenge for me. I liked the form of the kyrielle for this, it seemed
to fit a Shire poem, breezy yet structured. It was written for the How Do I
Love Thee challenge at Henneth Annun. It is from Fastred to Elanor, daughter
of Samwise and Rosie. She came from a literate lineage, and eventually became
the Keeper of the Red Book of Wesstmarch. I didn't think Sam's daughter would
marry a man who could not write her at least one poem.