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Voices of Middle-Earth  by Armariel 5 Review(s)
FarawynReviewed Chapter: 23 on 5/22/2005
This is my son, my firstborn,
and Poem is his name,
but he has two friends, also.
One, Story, is your darling daughter,
and the other, Song,
is in my heart
along with another, sweeter child
whose name is Joy.
Beauty and Love reside there too,
in that home of fairies,
I love them all so dearly,
though friends and family scoff
and say, "They are not your children,
only imagination and fancy
are they."
Come,
help me prove them wrong,
show them
that our children live,
even if only in our hearts.
It is true,
blood runs not in their veins,
but something much more precious than gold-
that is Belief.
Belief in stories,
for how can you truly call yourself a Poet
when you are not first
a Storyteller?


Um, I think I had a little fit there ... I just get angry when "friends and family scoff and say, "They are not your children, only imagination and fancy are they."

Thank you for giving me the gift of your poetry,
I am honored,
that one poem was all for me!


Author Reply: Already he's walking
toddling down rainbowed paths
picking flowers and handing them
to you to wear in your hair
and display with pride
in each sunny window.
For the children of belief
are the forgers
of starry gates
and moonbow bridges
for Imagination is a lofty queen
who rules the world
and gifts the children
of the body, small or grown
with a sunlit playground
and a stable of dreams
far above the slag and mud
of weighted reality.

FarawynReviewed Chapter: 23 on 5/21/2005
Okay, here goes:

Today, on this day,
I have a gift for you,
I truly hope you'll like it.
If it wasn't for you,
it would never have been written,
let alone read!
But here is my gift,
I hope you enjoy it!
It is my darling child
that I'm presenting to you.
On it I've worked hard and long,
and now,
on this day,
I give it to you,
my encourager.
It's very short, I know,
(it's almost ended here!)
but it's purpose,
I think,
has been fufilled,
and that's to give you a huge
THANK YOU!!!!

Author Reply: ohhhhh what a sweet baby!
so soon and it's already smiling
lying here like a lily on a pad.
I think it looks like you.
Its fingers are curling
around mine already
like daisy petals
soft as a fairy's kiss
and its eyes twinkle
like merry dewdrops
on white honeysuckle.
I think in another moment
it will say its first word.
I think it knows
my secrets already
and I think it hopes for
a very large family......

Thank YOU!!!

xoxoxxx
RoZ aka Armariel~~~{~@


FarawynReviewed Chapter: 23 on 5/19/2005
Just wanted to say again that I love this. Update soon! Eruanna and I are waiting if nobody else is! I love your work. Note: IN case you didn't notice, this is supposed to be a small repayment of all the encouragement you've given me. I'm perfecting one of my "children" right now, and I'll let you see it as soon as I feel it's ready. Of course, I might strangle it to death and now show it to you at all! I hope that won't happen ... but it might! I'm afriad that I "kill" a very many of my "children." I'm afraid I would be a serial killer if they were really alive! Thanks again for all your encouragement. I can't describe how much it's helped, even though I've never set eyes on your or even know your non-LOTR name! Thanks so much.

Farawyn

Author Reply: I greatly look forward to seeing your "child"! There will be one from me this weekend also, unless something happens to prevent it.

You can learn more about me than you ever wanted to know on my website at http://delroz.bravepages.com/cafe/cafe.html if you are really interested! My non-LotR name is RoZ, pronounced like Rose, RoZita to my online friends. "Armariel" is what happened when I put my actual name through an "elf-name generator" and since it was pretty and unique I quickly adopted it for a pen-name, so just take your pick, LOL....

I'm more than happy to be of help!

xoxox
RoZ/Armariel~~~{~@

EruannaReviewed Chapter: 23 on 5/16/2005
Well, I don't know why you say this isn't one of your best, but I really like it. :) Of course, the fact that it involves Frodo may have something to do with it. ;) I especially love these lines:

>>You who were most deserving
of all such bounty,
you who gave us hope
and took none for yourself,
pain and loss have been
your only reward.
Why must it be thus?<<

That's such a poignant observation, and so true of the heroes we love best. I'd be interested to see Frodo's reply to this. *hint, hint*

Blessings,
Eruanna

Author Reply: Thanks for the hint, I will file it away for future reference...actually I already have a little bud of a similiar idea in the back of my mind...lol, I almost said "on the back burner", talk about mixed metaphors...... I actually tried writing it down a month or so ago but it was so angsty and depressing, I ended up tossing it after a few lines and writing something else in an entirely different vein. Just couldn't get myself in the mood, I guess! Actually the idea was part of a story I mean to write one of these days, maybe soon. However, I imagine the story will be dripping with angst too, lol........

Anyway, after reading your most recent story I feel all the more honored that you like my little attempts!

blessings & cheer
Armariel~~~{~@

FarawynReviewed Chapter: 23 on 5/15/2005
So sad.... thanks so much for taking my idea! I thought it was really dumb.

Author Reply: Noooooooo....well, it didn't grab me right away, I'll admit, but after I slept on it a bit, I decided it worked. Thanks bunches!

blessings & cheer
Armariel~~~{~@

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