A Moment after Rain, by Elleth

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:
B13: Smells: Petrichor (Smell of Dust after Rain)
G59: Genre1: Tragedy
Format: Poetry
Genre: Didactic Cinquain
Rating: Teens
Warnings: N/A
Characters: N/A
Pairings: N/A
Summary: A moment after rain on the Hill of the Slain.


Petrichor
Gentle, clean,
Haudh-en-Ndengin's grass breathes
Over bones, rusting blades,
Relief.

Comments

[hhimring]

A lovely contrast.
Have you read Cirdan's story in which it is Maedhros who makes the grass grow?

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

An excellent melancholy reigns here.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Lovely and wistful.

- Erulisse (one L)

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

Morgoth thinks he has won, but nature will always have the final say in the end.
A beautiful poem for a tragic place. X


Came here from hhimring's rec on b2mem.