"Chronicles" by Ninquetari

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Title: Chronicles
Author Name: Ninquetari
Prompt: The Four Seasons
Summary: Seasons and history, represented in Haiku.
Rating: G
Warnings: None


(Spring)

Newly created,
Bright, beautiful, peaceful:
The spring of Arda.

(Summer)

Young, curious Elves
prospering under mingled light
of silver and gold.

(Autumn)

Cherished remains,
trying to maintain glory
of failing hopes.

(Winter)

Dark, bereaved land
haunted by prophesied fate.
Yet hope remains.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

small pearls of
wisdom and foreseen foreboding
perfectly balanced.

- Erulisse (one L)

[shirebound]

I was hoping you would end on a 'hopeful' note, and you did! :)

[independence1776]

This is lovely!

[huinare.livejournal.com]

What a great poem to kick of this year's B2MeM! =)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I loved these atmospheric Haiku!

[zdenka]

Very pretty, and food for the imagination.

[hhimring]

That works really well--both in itself and also I can really see it as the first piece of the compilation!

[dreamflower]

These are perfect little gems, and summarize the first part of the Silm precisely.

Wonderful imagery. I especially love the second one.

[ysilme]

How beautiful, and what a great way to start B2MeM!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

[astris-eldalie.livejournal.com]

These are really beautiful :) I especially liked the second to last one, and hopeful note that the last one ended on!

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Beautiful little gems. Bravo!

[kittotter.livejournal.com]

I like it -- the most compact history of Middle-earth I've read. Clever use of seasons! :)

[tanis2014.livejournal.com]

A formidable talent you have here, to be able to express so ingeniously, in such few words, this perfect blending of seasons and history. And to make it *sound* beautiful to the ear as well.

Exquisitely done!

[paranoidangel]

That is lovely. I like that you've interpreted the four seasons in history,

[angelica-ramses.livejournal.com]

Wonderful haiku! They tell the story perfectly in such few words!

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Beautifully done! And I love that you ended in hope.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Very economical yet efficient storytelling! Well done.

[mirach-ravaia.livejournal.com]

Beautiful capturing of the atmosphere of the individual stages of the history of Arda with just a few words! It reminds me on Tolkien's poem "Trees of Kortirion" - the feeling of it is similar, although it is much longer.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Beautiful and succinct. I love the Autumn haiku especially, but they are all gorgeous.

[elliska.livejournal.com]

I love Haiku's! I especially like the last line of this series. Leaving it there, with hope, seems very Tolkien. Great job!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That is lovely.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Very nice.

[greatandgrey]

I reread this a few times and love it dearly. I love how, in such few words you vividly paint all of Middle-earth's history.

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

Each and every haiku is concisely beautiful. You clearly chose your words carefully, and it shows. "Winter" is particularly poignant.

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

Beautiful but sad.
Well done to write in Haiku.
I'm not an Prose or Poetry scholar, but as an ordinary person they were lovely and meaningful to read.

Here from hhimring's rec on b2mem.