Dreamflower's Mathom-house

I found this lovely poem for today's Lenten post.

Oh, to know the peace of God,
to slip to sleep upon its crest
to wade into its soft caress
and find my perfect rest.

To wait for the calming relief,
from the years of eroding pain
to find its ebbing tranquility
releasing all my earthly strain.

Oh, to calm the rushing roar,
that rages through my mind
peace asleep upon the shore
waves to me to come and find.

Peace, peace why do you flee,
from the head on which I lie
flood me with your quietness
abide with me until I die.

Oh, how I long to obtain,
a stillness – too still to hear
and then, oh then, my Lord . . .
I’ll be kept safe and near!

~~~~~

Psalm 4:8

“I will both lay me down in peace,
and sleep: for thou, Lord,
only makest me dwell in safety.”

King James Version
by Public Domain

Copyright 2015
Deborah Ann Belka


More of the poet's work may be found here: https://poetrybydeborahann.wordpress.com/

The Hall of Poets at TORN featured one of my poems, "The Smallest Hands"!

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/03/25/87889-the-great-hall-of-poets-8/

Meme from fidesquaerens

When you see this, post some poetry:

I chose this because I am being looked at by one Miss Belladonna Took and she is being inscrutable...

“The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, or George or Bill Bailey -
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter -
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum -
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.”
― T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

I'm off to work--but first:




HOBBITS

How we love them!
Our small heroes:
Burglar, Ringbearers, Knights of Gondor and Rohan,
Banishing the dark with their bright spirits and brave hearts.
It doesn't bear
Thinking about a world without them,
So dear to our hearts!

Happy Birthday, Bilbo and Frodo! AND
Happy World Hobbit Day!

Thank you, Professor, for writing down these words: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."

B2MeM Challenge: B-13, Hobbits, "The Battle of Bywater"; Poetic Forms, "free verse"
Format: Poetry, Free Verse
Title: Open Eyes
Genre: Poetry
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: An unnamed ruffian
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Not all were ruffians from the start...

Open Eyes

B2MeM Challenge: Shirish: B-7, shirriff, "a feather in your cap"
Format: Ficlet
Title: Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds
Genre: Character Study, Gapfiller
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters:Robin Smallburrow, Sam Gamgee, Tom Cotton, Merry Brandybuck
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Robin Smallburrow becomes a shirriff.

Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds

B2MeM Challenge: G-59, Hobbits, "Lotho", Poetic Form, "cinquain"
Format: Poetry
Title: Lotho
Genre: Poetry
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Lotho
Pairings: N/A
Author's Note: Not having tried cinquain before, I looked it up. There seemed some division over whether the line should be counted by words or by syllables. I chose syllables.
Summary: Lotho's opinion of himself...

Lotho Sackville-Baggins

B2MeM Challenge: G-59, Alternate Viewpoint, "The Uruk-hai" TT,
Format: Drabble
Title: Grishnâkh's Moment
Genre: Drabble, Gapfiller
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Grishnâkh, implied Pippin, implied Merry
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Grishnâkh seizes his chance for power...

Grishnâkh's Moment

First up, two more "Canon Couples" dribbles:

B2MeM Challenge: I-27: Canon couples, "Pippin/Diamond", I-27: Shirish, "Astron ("spring is in full bud")
Format: Dribble
Title: Astron Wedding
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Pippin, Diamond, assorted hobbit wedding guests
Pairings: Pippin/Diamond
Summary: It's a perfect day for a hobbit wedding.

Astron Wedding

B2MeM Challenge: B-4, Canon Couple, "Beren/Luthien"; Food, "Bread
Format: Dribble
Title: Together Always
Genre: Romance, Poetry
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Beren, Luthien
Pairings: Beren/Luthien
Summary: The simple life can be appreciated after long trials and adventures...

Together Always

A couple of ficlets:

B2MeM Challenge: O-64, Crossover1 (with one of Tolkien's other books); Hobbits, "The Lockholes"
Format: Ficlet
Title: Hope Is a Waking Dream
Genre: Crossover
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Fatty Bolger, Lórien, the Man-in-the-Moon
Pairings: N/A
Author's Notes: This is a crossover, LotR with Roverandom and The Silmarillion. I like to think that one way in which the Powers could help the peoples of Middle-earth was through the gift of rest and hope. And as for the Man-in-the-Moon, his realm (in my mind) encompasses and exceeds Arda, though his charges are any children who can see the Moon from whatever universe they dwell. It seemed possible to me that he might collaborate with Lórien to provide a respite for a weary prisoner. The title is a quote from Aristotle.
Summary: In dreams may sometimes come rest and surcease from sorrow...

Hope Is a Waking Dream

B2MeM Challenge: N-32, Art Supplies, pastels; Hobbits, The Tooks (won't count for Bingo; too late)
Format: Frame story; Ficlet
Title: Tookish Tradition
Genre: Story
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Pippin, OFC (his oldest daughter, Primrose)
Pairings: N/A
Author's Notes: This has been part of my headcanon for years, that Great Smials Tooks say 'mother' and 'father' instead of using diminuitives for their parents; at last I have the chance to explain the story behind it.
Summary: Pippin explains a Tookish custom to his daughter.

Tookish Tradition

And finally, Sam writes a gardener's poem:

B2MeM Challenge: O-62, Crossover2, Poetry; Food, Potato; Shirish, Solmath
Format: Poetry
Title: Ode to Potatoes
Genre: Poetry, Parody
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Sam Gamgee
Pairings: N/A
Author's Note: I've tried poems in Ogden Nash's style in the past—but this particular grouping of prompts woke up my Ogden Nash muse again. One of the hallmarks of Nash's humorous style are lines which are very mismatched in length and scansion. Also you will notice a famous line from movie-verse in this one.
Summary: Another poem in the style of Ogden Nash.

Ode to Potatoes

I've got several more in half-finished form-- perhaps I can work on those today!

B2MeM Challenge: G-51: Canon Couples, "Arathorn/Gilraen"
Format: Dribble
Title: Ivorwen's Foresight
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Ivorwen, Arathorn, Gilraen
Pairings: Arathorn/Gilraen
Summary: Ivorwen knows her daughter's heart...

Ivorwen's Foresight
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B2MeM Challenge: Canon Couples N-38, "Valacar/Vidumavi"
Format: Dribble
Title: Alliance
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Valacar, Vidumavi
Pairings: Valacar/Vidumavi
Summary: Valacar finds more than he meant to on his mission to Rhovanion...

Alliance
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B2MeM Challenge: Canon Couples, O-67, "Faramir/Eowyn" (this does not count, as it wasn't done in time.)
Format: Dribble
Title: Blue Mantle
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Faramir, implied Eowyn
Pairings: Faramir/Eowyn
Summary: Faramir goes in search of a special gift.

Blue Mantle
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B2MeM Challenge: Canon Couples, B-7, " Imrazôr /Mithrellas"; Crossover2, "Romance", B-7
Format: Dribble
Title: Storm Debris
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Imrazôr , Mithrellas
Pairings: Imrazor/Mithrellas
Author's Notes: I borrowed the term "Ossë's wrath" from surgicalsteel. In Unfinished Tales we are told that it was in just such a storm that Amroth's ship was swept from shore. Nimrodel's party was lost in the mountains at the time. I am imagining here that Mithrellas is found unconscious afterwards, alone and separated from the rest of the party, as Imrazôr and his people are surveying the storm damage.
Summary: Imrazôr comes upon Mithrellas.

Storm Debris

B2MeM Challenge: Poetic Forms: B-7, "Haiku"
Format: Haiku
Title: March 25, T.A. 3019
Genre: Poetry
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: (implied) Frodo
Pairings: N/A
Summary: A new year, a new era, begins

March 25, T.A. 3019

B2MeM Challenge: N-31, Art Supplies, "Beads"; N-31, Crossover, "Folk or fairy tale", N-31, Food, "Pasta (including noodles)"
Format: Short Story,Frame Story
Title: Gone is Gone (the Hobbit Version)
Genre: Folk tale
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Rose Gamgee, the younger Gamgee children
Pairings: OMC/OFC
Author's Notes: This Middle-earth adaptation is based on "Gone is Gone", a translation of a Bohemian folk tale by Wanda Hazel Gág. It is in the third volume of the 1954 edition of Childcraft. Those orange-backed books were a main source of my early childhood reading, and I still own them, worn as they are. This particular tale was definitely a favorite of mine and always makes me giggle hysterically.
Summary: Rose Gamgee tells the children the tale of Noddy Button, who gets more than he bargained for.

Gone is Gone (the Hobbit Version)

taken from rubynye

When you see this, comment with a poem you love or post one in your own journal to encourage the proliferation of random poetry through your flist.


Bilbo's Last Song

Day is ended, dim my eyes,
but journey long before me lies.
Farewell, friends! I hear the call.
The ship's beside the stony wall.
Foam is white and waves are grey;
beyond the sunset leads my way.
Foam is salt, the wind is free;
I hear the rising of the Sea.

Farewell, friends! The sails are set,
the wind is east, the moorings fret.
Shadows long before me lie,
beneath the ever-bending sky,
but islands lie behind the Sun
that I shall raise ere all is done;
lands there are to west of West,
where night is quiet and sleep is rest.

Guided by the Lonely Star,
beyond the utmost harbour-bar,
I'll find the heavens fair and free,
and beaches of the Starlit Sea.
Ship, my ship! I seek the West,
and fields and mountains ever blest.
Farewell to Middle-earth at last.
I see the Star above my mast!

-- J R R Tolkien

I love this so much. I've done a calligraphed version of it you can see it here.

I have two poems in the lotr_community April challenge:

Sestina for Pippin

and

The Ballad of Captain Fatty (or How Fatty Popped the Pimple)

We have several other wonderful poems entered as well. Check them out: here!