Untitled, by Zdenka

[zdenka]

B2MeM Challenge: O70. Poetic Forms: tanka and Book Titles: Dead Poets Society
Format: poetry (tanka)
Genre: gen
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: Descendants of the first Men in Beleriand
Pairings: none
Summary: A lost song.


The song of Finrod
that he sang to our fathers,
does the sea hold it?
When Beleriand was drowned,
did the waves catch its echo?

Comments

[hhimring]

The idea appeals to me. So many songs were lost in that destruction--but yes, they might well regret that one in particular.

In "Characters", you've chosen not to say "House of Beor" or "First House of the Edain", etc. I'm noticing that because I wondered whether you were also saying something about the attitude of the Numenoreans to the Sea, but then realized you actually seem to have avoided explicitly linking this to the Numenoreans.

[zdenka]

Thank you.

I didn't specify, because those thoughts could belong to Men of any Age. It would make sense to set it right after the drowning of Beleriand, but it could also go with any people who were prone to looking backward. (The Numenoreans are a good example, but it doesn't have to be them.) I used to role-play a melancholy and dreamy character in Fourth Age Gondor; it might fit her, though I wasn't consciously thinking of her when I wrote it. It could even be spoken in my own voice as author, if we assume for a second that our world is the whatevereth Age of Tolkien's Middle-earth. I hope that doesn't sound too pretentious.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, quite the proper question! Thanks for this one!

[zdenka]

Thank you for commenting!

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I love this thought and question.

- Erulisse (one L)

[zdenka]

Thank you.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Lovely and wistful. The notion of Middle-earth having been real is so strong in this poem, and I really loved your play with the idea of music being contained in the waters. :)

[zdenka]

Thank you.