Angstfest

I'm not really scared - but there isn't a more angsty mood to put up. ;-) Of course I may be scared once I read these entries...

Loth posting her entry here made me realize that we may have some folks floating around on LJ that would be interested in this - open to all who are or ever have been a part of the fanclub community, current or past, 'member' or lurker.

( Angstfest Writing Contest )

Happy(?) Angsting!

Valentine Triolets for Tolkien

Been a long time since we've done these - I'm inviting anyone else who would like to compose a triolet for any of the couples of Middle-earth to do so, hoping to have a page of them before we're done. I've put up a thread at the Red Book that explains the form, or you can post them here.

I've done Sam & Rosie and Tom & Goldberry so far - they're relatively easy to do once you get used to the structure. C'mon, try it! ABaaabAB. Nice and short, a perfect love note size.

For Sam and Rosie

(A)This memory I shall hold dear,
(B)My Rosie, ribbons in her hair -
(a)For even through the pain and fear,
(a)Beyond all stars, the sting of tears
(a)Her laugh alone I'd sometimes hear...
(b)I saw her at the party fair.
(A)This memory I shall hold dear,
(B)My Rosie, ribbons in her hair.


For Tom and Goldberry

I sing the ages passing by,
The River-daughter's song returns
To answer mine, and lilies lie
Along her hair, with gold entwined,
We've loved with waters swirling by.
As long as moon and sunlight burns,
I sing, the ages passing by,
The River-daughter's song returns.

All things in Moderation

Yes, I know I just updated my LJ, but then I did this little quiz that I gacked from faramirgirl, and it made me just laugh.


TOLKIEN MODERATE:

Live and let live is your rule of life. You like
Tolkien, you don't have any great desire to be
a deconstructionist or an iconoclast, but
neither are you going to tell anyone else what
to do in their fannish pursuits. In your
pursuit of moderation and keeping the peace,
you tend to end up getting flamed by the
extremists at both ends of the spectrum.


Tolkienology 101: What is Your Tolkien Belief System?
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It just figures I'd be a Moderate.