Ode to the Shire: Arising from quiet fields...by Dreamflower

[dreamflower02]

Author: Dreamflower
Title: Ode to the Shire: Arising from quiet fields...
Rating: G
Theme: Poetry--Ode to Arda
Elements: kind/find
Author's Notes: I decided to intersperse the quotations that inspired this poem at the end of each verse

Comments

[brookeoflorien]

I love this! I really like how you interspersed the quotes between the verses, I can see how each one inspired the parts around it. :D

My favorite verse is "And while they were gone from home,
home was struck by fear and sorrow,
for they were a folk not meant to roam,
nor built to worry for tomorrow."
It really sums up part of the tragedy of the story, that while they're off saving the world, their home is being overtaken, and they have to fight longer than the others do.

[dreamflower02]

Indeed! They had to put things right when they got home, which was really sad. But they had learned how to do that while they were gone!

[shirebound]

Cared for by the tender heart of their land,
their own tender hearts reached out.
And leaving her protection behind
They ventured into fear and doubt.

I just LOVE this. And how beautifully you've woven in Elrond's words!

[dreamflower02]

Thank you! I was fond of that verse.

That has always been on of my favorite quotes in the entire book: The hour of the Shire-folk! All those Elves and Men and Dwarves--but only hobbits could really get the job done!

[hhimring]

I like how you've used the quotations and your affection and admiration really comes through.

[dreamflower02]

I love hobbits, I really do! JRRT was a genius when he came up with a race whose defining quality was compassion. What a brilliant idea: a race which is not known for strength of arms or clever negotiation, but for peacefulness and concern for others and mercy.

[elwenlj]

How clever and what a lovely poem. It definitely paints the hobbits as Tolkien described them.

[dreamflower02]

Thank you! I wanted to concentrate on those qualities that made them able to deal with trouble, while at the same time maintaining their peaceful and compassionate natures.

I think that the deep connection the hobbits had with the land and with the Shire nurtured those qualities from the time they came there.

[blslarner]

Again, I think my favorite of the poems written so far. They live a life proscribed by custom, kinship, and comfort; but when those who are brave (or foolish) enough do venture forth, what great things they accomplish! And I, too, love the phrases taken from the text as well as from the Beatitudes! So perfect for the Shirefolk!

[dreamflower02]

Thank you dear!

Both those verses seem to me to fit hobbits perfectly, I have always thought.