For Lothíriel who requested an Éomer poem and has encouraged me with her comments!
Son of Éomund
Marshall of the Mark and of
Théodwyn, King's sister
Younger sister had
He, Éowyn was her name
Four years his junior
Éomund was slain
By orcs, Théodwyn succumbed
To her broken heart
Brother and sister
Were now orphans taken in by
Their mother's brother
Meduseld's Golden
Hall was for many years their
Happy home until
Gálmód's son Gríma
Arrived to poison the King's
Mind in evil's service
Third Marshal of the
Riddermark became
Éomer at 26
Through soft, silky words
Gríma did conspire to kill
Théodred, Prince of Rohan
To the River Isen
Théodred went to his death
In battle by orc's black blade
Falsely imprisoned
For rightly disobeying
The King, Éomer
Did lead his éored
In defense of the Mark
Against Saruman's
Uruk-hai, they did
Slaughter Rohan's enemies
Unknowingly
Helped Merry and Pippin
Gain their freedom, who then fled
Into Fangorn Forrest
Wary of strangers
Éomer's éored did
Surround the Three Hunters
A great friendship was
Nearly lost when hostile and
Hasty words were traded
However Éomer
Saw that the Three before him
Were not Rohan's enemies
And so given to
Them were two horses Arod
And Hasufel with
The hopes of finding
Their friends, Éomer bade them
To return the horses to
Meduseld, so that
Théoden King would know that
Éomer did not
Error in his new
Judgment of the strangers in
Rohan's horse country
So returning to
Meduseld, Éomer was
Imprisoned for his
Éored's riding
Without the King's leave and for
His threat to Gríma
Locked away, did he
Stay until the coming
Of the White Wizard
Who freed the mind of
Théoden King from the poison
Of Gríma's false words
Free to ride again
He rode against Mordor's armies
First at Helm's Deep in
The defense of his own
People, and then he rode to
Answer Gondor's great need
And so upon the fields
Of the Pelennor, when he
Laid dying, Théoden
King named sister-son
King of the Mark, and so out of
Very great loss did
Éomer, Éomund's son
Become the King of Rohan,
Lord of the Mark
Although he later
Did fight in many wars at
Elessar's side his
Surname as given
By his people is Éadig
Which means "Blessed" and he
Was indeed blessed with
A reign of 65 years
Prosperous and fruitful
And thankfully for
Éomer it was not a
Lonely reign either
As he found a deep
Love with Lothíriel of Dol
Amroth, daughter of
Prince Imrahil, the
Cousin of Faramir, his
Sister's husband
One child had they, a
Son named Elfwine destine to
Follow his father as King
Nearing the end of
His days, Éomer King did
Summon Master Holdwine
Also entering the
Final years of his life, Merry
Did come to the Mark
Their days were spent
Remembering days of old
And some friends long gone
And thus ended, King
Éomer's days in peace and
In the company of old friends
So Éomer Éadig slept
Son of Éomund, King of
The Mark