Poetic Arda

by Mirach

Inspired by Poetic Edda, a collection of my poems from Middle-earth. New: Awakening of Hope - a sonnet

13. Halls of Mandos

Halls of Mandos

Stories hung upon the walls
Every thread a single fate
Whom Mandos to his halls calls
Must pass through the iron gate

Every thread a single fate
woven into tapestries
Must pass through the iron gate
Who has died in shade of trees

Woven into tapestries
All the stories big and small
Who has died in shade of trees
Will see them hung on the wall

All the stories big and small
Written by the hand of time
Will see them hung on the wall
Stories of love, courage, crime

Written by the hand of time
Fate of every Man or Elf
Stories of love, courage, crime
Each of them can find himself

Fate of every Man or Elf
Whom Mandos to his halls calls
Each of them can find himself
Stories hung upon the walls

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The 16th poem for NaPoWriMo, a pantoum (I like this form, it's twice as much poem for the same price =))