For the "Willow" challenge: Gilraen's Lament (A Triolet)

[just_ann_now]

Title: Gilraen's Lament (A Triolet)
Author: just_ann_now
Character: Gilraen
Warnings: Sad
Disclaimer: Not mine, merely borrowed.
Author's Note: For the "Willow" challenge. A triolet is a poem or stanza of eight lines with a rhyme scheme abaaabab, in which the fourth and seventh lines are the same as the first, and the eighth line is the same as the second.

Comments

[talisen999]

This is beautiful and brillant!

[just_ann_now]

*blushes* Thank you! I don't know what causes these poetry-spouting moods, but I'm always glad when they strike.

[lindahoyland]

This was lovely!

[just_ann_now]

Thank you! It was challenging but very enjoyable to write.

[curiouswombat]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!

[just_ann_now]

Thank you! It was very enjoyable to write something so different from my usual. (Can't seem to shake the angstbunnies, though.)

[smithkingsley]

Just beautiful. Gilraen is such a wonderful character. I really like how you've included elements from Tolkien's verse, and also brought out how melancholy Gilraen feels about her son's future. The imagery is just lovely, and so fitting. I love the repetition of The wind rustles through the willows, murmuring an ancient song. Thank you!

[just_ann_now]

Thank you! I've been thinking a lot about the Dunedain lately, Gilraen and Arathorn, Halbarad, all those dour northern folk. (I imagine the "Born of Hope" trailers have had something to do with it.) I've always loved that "All that is gold does not glitter" poem and was quite pleased with myself for being able to incorporate it here.

[estelcontar1]

A most touching and lovely poem.

[just_ann_now]

Thank you so much! I enjoyed writing it.