Short Tolkien Poems

The amazing linguist J. R. R. Tolkien -
On creating an immersive Middle Earth he was keen.
Being short, loving good food, and smoking a pipe,
he considered the hobbit to be just his type!...

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Sun trying to find it's way through mystical

frosty mountain tops

looking over man made ruins of

broken fence posts

set along the desserted dried up shore line

the years have faded by, but

"Still round the corner there may wait,

a new road or a secret gate."...

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All of you out there in the darkness
Keep writing for the "soup"
You can write something as funny as Woody Allan, 
as imaginative as J.R.R. Tolkien
I know you can do it
So let the critics talk 
You are the creators
So live up to your destiny 
and create something great!
I know you can do it! 
So do it!!...

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You out there in the darkness
Picking up your pens
Need encouragement from the Lower East Side
Surely you can writing something as imaginative as Tolkien 
Funny as Woody Allen
As moving as Countee Cullen. So pick up your pens 
and write 
send it to poetrysoup.com
No, you probably won't be able to quit the day job
Or maybe you will!...

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Read Tolkien
Read Howard Fast
     Asimov 
is sure to last
    as we walk 
omto the 21st
    century
  our minds must be
free from terror 
      free from pain 
free to start
     all over again
read a poem 
   all alone
   an ancient dream 
   brought to life
avoid the strife 
avoid the strife
     say happiness - LONG LIFE...

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I rode a unicorn for miles,
And then a dragon flew me here.
The fairies took me to their queen,
Who introduced me to the seer.
He prophesised my kingdom’s fall,
But witches chanted, cast a spell;
Their magic overturned the curse.
My quest is over: all is well.
Still round the corner there may wait, 
A new road or a secret gate.

* Last two lines are the Tolkien quote...

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Menachem Schneerson is dead 
J.R.R. Tolkien is dead
Alan Watts is dead 
All of the great religous theorists and thinkers
will eventually turn to dust
Is there life after death? 
Some people think so 
Let's hope we see each other
in the sweet bye and bye 
The world we live in is full of pain 
But the great thinkers can relieve that pain 
If only for that brief moment which is life.......

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"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien

beneath the stars, we wander free
our paths unknown, but hearts aglow
the world unfolds, a mystery
beneath the stars, we wander free

each step, a note in destiny's key
where whispers guide and shadows grow
beneath the stars, we wander free
our paths unknown, but hearts aglow


Triolet Contrast Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Hilo Poet
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I have cut a Simril--
From the darkened grounds of Terra I made it...
Chipping away at the coal-block,
Picking till red my nails became,
With hammer and chisel striking.
And if my aim was true 
A light would shine through, a silvery hue--
Iluvatar's Beauty...

Many to it have I shown--
I even presented it to my Lords and Nobles
Way back when,
But never did I see it again


My Script
Tolkien  8/2/'14...

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A single dream is worth
a thousand realities.
                    J.R R. Tolkien 

When the world
closes in and presses all ill 
to squeeze what space 
you have into a tiny ball - 
there are always
places where you can go, 
be it a quiet wood
or beside a pebbly stream 
or any other refuge 
your soul can dream.
Such places are beyond
the machinations 
of the State, safe provinces 
of the creative mind,
chaos and tariff free  -
the real estate 
of the Sublime.
...

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On the radio: "plants have both beauty and intelligence!"
Her University professors were adamant:
"If you want beauty, rather than biology,
Why not transfer to art, or art history?!"
Lord, do forgive our experts, professors ...
Unwilling to teach as DEEPLY as C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, holocaust survivors ...
And trees: unstinting with shade, space for critters, flowers, fruit, air for me!
Never sulking, whining, withholding love: forgiving our poisoning spaces interminably...

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