Poetry competition CLOSED 24th September 2014 5:53am
WINNER
Magnetron
Magnetron
RUNNERS-UP:
Savaja
and sektioN8ty
The Minions of Morgoth
Poetry Contest Description
your best Tolkien inspired poetry
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How would you live in Middle-Earthl? As a hobbit, human, elf or dwarf? Or would side with the side of darkness? Orcs? Haradrim? Nazgul? Or maybe Sauron himself? Would you spend hundreds of years searching for your precious? Give me your best
TWO WEEKS
UNLIMITED ENTRIES
STRUCTURE YOUR WORK
RHYME BUT DON'T OVER DO IT
GIVE ME AT LEAST EIGHT STANZAS
BONUS POINTS GIVEN IF YOU CAN FIT SOME DRAGONS AND BALROGS IN THERE
How would you live in Middle-Earthl? As a hobbit, human, elf or dwarf? Or would side with the side of darkness? Orcs? Haradrim? Nazgul? Or maybe Sauron himself? Would you spend hundreds of years searching for your precious? Give me your best
TWO WEEKS
UNLIMITED ENTRIES
STRUCTURE YOUR WORK
RHYME BUT DON'T OVER DO IT
GIVE ME AT LEAST EIGHT STANZAS
BONUS POINTS GIVEN IF YOU CAN FIT SOME DRAGONS AND BALROGS IN THERE
The Nazgul (The Witch-King of angma)
Dark riders, black riders,
nine riders or better off ring-wraiths
Plunged in Saurons powers
A sting of death, the earths raid
The realm of shadows
Transformed man beyond immortality.
The witch-King of angma, the true Nazgul
leader of the nine, bond of loyalty
Forseen thraldom of the ring.
Its delusion a survival disguise against sauron. Black magic, all strong holds beneaths its wings
I 'll tie-up the ring maker against Gandalf and saroumon
Exuding an aura of fear.
Terror the quiver on my shoulders
The steel sword my arm of judgement with flair. Deadly voice renting the air and ripping preys
Feed on you like the vultures of mordor.
Exhale the black breath of unconsiousness
Unleash, pest and diseases on atheles herbs and doctors
stab the guardian of the precious
The precious has no hiding place.
Its aroma locates my nostrils to pay homage
The Ford of Bruinen became a death valley for my horse.
I now ride on hideous flying beast of the age.
I'm faster than teleport, I lost meter
Dark horses fell short of my speed.
Necromencer; death is even sweeter,
The wraith maker at the disposal of my needs
Hero of evil faction, all by myself
if humans were good, I ll slay them still.
I ll recruit the orcs against the elfs.
Turn the kingdoms against thier fields
.
Fellowship of the ring, bound by precious gift
Deceit sounds sweet, what is sauron thinking?
Khamul the black easterling shadow of the east. Next to my reign, my fellow accomplice of dark riders ring.
The seven other Nazgul a union of perfect warriors creed
Riding on hell halwks scavenging the middle-earth
Devour rebels with beaks and claws of my flying steed.
I'll break off the sauron spells of my will with the rings path'
Dark riders, black riders,
nine riders or better off ring-wraiths
Plunged in Saurons powers
A sting of death, the earths raid
The realm of shadows
Transformed man beyond immortality.
The witch-King of angma, the true Nazgul
leader of the nine, bond of loyalty
Forseen thraldom of the ring.
Its delusion a survival disguise against sauron. Black magic, all strong holds beneaths its wings
I 'll tie-up the ring maker against Gandalf and saroumon
Exuding an aura of fear.
Terror the quiver on my shoulders
The steel sword my arm of judgement with flair. Deadly voice renting the air and ripping preys
Feed on you like the vultures of mordor.
Exhale the black breath of unconsiousness
Unleash, pest and diseases on atheles herbs and doctors
stab the guardian of the precious
The precious has no hiding place.
Its aroma locates my nostrils to pay homage
The Ford of Bruinen became a death valley for my horse.
I now ride on hideous flying beast of the age.
I'm faster than teleport, I lost meter
Dark horses fell short of my speed.
Necromencer; death is even sweeter,
The wraith maker at the disposal of my needs
Hero of evil faction, all by myself
if humans were good, I ll slay them still.
I ll recruit the orcs against the elfs.
Turn the kingdoms against thier fields
.
Fellowship of the ring, bound by precious gift
Deceit sounds sweet, what is sauron thinking?
Khamul the black easterling shadow of the east. Next to my reign, my fellow accomplice of dark riders ring.
The seven other Nazgul a union of perfect warriors creed
Riding on hell halwks scavenging the middle-earth
Devour rebels with beaks and claws of my flying steed.
I'll break off the sauron spells of my will with the rings path'
[ Tolkien ] Destroy All Monsters
I.
Spirit, unclean
Gargantuan, unseen
Devouring the Light, pristine
Ravenous, her appetite
unleashing perpetual night
She, the one who begat Shelob
arachnid spawn from Hell
Fangs dripping acid, acrid poison
draining every luminous well
Deadly manifest
from Before the World
now hideous infest in the flesh
Scourge of Vala
jaws crushing trunks
sucking sap from the Trees of Life
II.
Rife
with greed
insatiable, the need
Becoming undone
Melkor begins to question
bestowing the power to destroy Arda
upon this Eater of the Sun
And for refusing to share with Ungoliant
the Silmarils stolen from Valinor
he dooms himself
Realizing too late that his schemes
are for naught, he screams
His desperation, a shock wave
III.
Earth quakes
the world throughout shakes
---seismic fits as if a thousand
lightning javelin hits
To the naked eye
erupting in the sky
uncoiling flaming whips;
great meteoric snakes
Balrogs here and there
immolate in roiling air
descending upon Ungoliant
swarming like fire drakes
IV.
She takes it in stride
V.
Melkor wildly spinning in a rage
pulverizing hatchlings with Grond
under the behemoth's belly, inside
her cage of spider legs
All the while, more
upon more of her silhouetted brood
issue forth from jelly sacked eggs
VI.
Gloomweaver
each serrated foot, a cleaver
hewing, hacking cave trolls
impaling bloodthirsty werewolves
Spewing venom in Gothmog's face
Strong as mithril, her tethers lace
binding him where he stood
More minions on the way
VI.
Upon conclusion of the foray
when the dust settled
her escape became evident
She had fled unnoticed
into a rocky chasm opened wide
during the ground breaking event
How such an enormous beast
eluded them, foul smelling as she was
remains shrouded in a web of mystery
well into the ages ensuing
And if not for untold legions
from the emptied halls of Angband
the one known forever after as Morgoth
would have met his mortal undoing
Written by Magnetron
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Anonymous
Youse gott questshins 'bout Tollkin?? Axe Catphish!!!! Datz whut eye dyd tew wryte dis poeum fer dis kompetishin.
Herez my entree:
Catphish no's Tollkin better den me.
Youse see,
my mynd iz slippin'.
Butt eye dew rekall
a bunch uv hobbitz havin' a bawl.
Dey travulled awl da wyle
bein' chaised bye monsterz.
Orkz.
Moor orkz.
Even moor orkz.
Millyuns of em dey eluded
wit a wizzerd dude.
Nope.
Nawt da won wit Doorothee.
Datz a diffrent wizzerd.
Dis wizzerds beird wuz longher.
Enyhow, dey mayde itt tew da fyre.
A slitheree kreature gott intew a melee wit da protaggonyst.
Dey wuz fightin' ofer a ring.
Dis ring kontrolled da entyre whirled.
Da kreature slypped.
Itt fell intew da fyre wit da ring.
Da whirled wuz saved.
Evrybodee lived happalee efer after.
Enkluding awl da meen nastee orkz.
Dey found happyniss with da elvez.
Datz da gist uv da Tollkin storee.
At least datz whut Catphish sed
itt wuz 'bout.
Herez my entree:
Catphish no's Tollkin better den me.
Youse see,
my mynd iz slippin'.
Butt eye dew rekall
a bunch uv hobbitz havin' a bawl.
Dey travulled awl da wyle
bein' chaised bye monsterz.
Orkz.
Moor orkz.
Even moor orkz.
Millyuns of em dey eluded
wit a wizzerd dude.
Nope.
Nawt da won wit Doorothee.
Datz a diffrent wizzerd.
Dis wizzerds beird wuz longher.
Enyhow, dey mayde itt tew da fyre.
A slitheree kreature gott intew a melee wit da protaggonyst.
Dey wuz fightin' ofer a ring.
Dis ring kontrolled da entyre whirled.
Da kreature slypped.
Itt fell intew da fyre wit da ring.
Da whirled wuz saved.
Evrybodee lived happalee efer after.
Enkluding awl da meen nastee orkz.
Dey found happyniss with da elvez.
Datz da gist uv da Tollkin storee.
At least datz whut Catphish sed
itt wuz 'bout.
What wakes a Balrog?
Through
Fire
And
Ice
And
Space
And
Time
There
Were
The
Balrogs
Always to be found in the deep
The
Dark
The
Lost
Places
None foolish enough to disturb the slumbering wrath
What
Wakes
A
Thing
So
Dire
And
Fearsome
Other horrors: noisome, odious, loathsome, and terrifying flee in abject terror before it?
"The
Dwarves,
They
Delved
Too
Deeply."
No
And
Yes.
Greed
Delves
Deeply
Seeks
The
Sleeping
When Balrogs wake
E'en Dragons quake
Through
Fire
And
Ice
And
Space
And
Time
"The
Dwarves,
They
Delved
Too
Deeply."
This thing called greed
What power therein
Can waken monstrosity?
Sauron knew
And strew
His creations
And did brew his plans
His game was wide and vast, full of great depths
Yet
While Sauron understood
The ins and outs of greed,
He could no longer comprehend
What he forsook so long ago
And grieved
Each
New
Terrible
And
Magnificent
Creation
A despairing effort to recreate love and companionship
Blind awe
Stricken devotion
Not the same, nowhere close
Sauron knew
Deposed god
Far from helpless
Perhaps, though, hopeless
Let himself be
Ostensibly defeated
But, really,
Who defeats a
God?
Through
Fire
And
Ice
And
Space
And
Time
There
Were
The
Balrogs
Always to be found in the deep
The
Dark
The
Lost
Places
None foolish enough to disturb the slumbering wrath
What
Wakes
A
Thing
So
Dire
And
Fearsome
Other horrors: noisome, odious, loathsome, and terrifying flee in abject terror before it?
"The
Dwarves,
They
Delved
Too
Deeply."
No
And
Yes.
Greed
Delves
Deeply
Seeks
The
Sleeping
When Balrogs wake
E'en Dragons quake
Through
Fire
And
Ice
And
Space
And
Time
"The
Dwarves,
They
Delved
Too
Deeply."
This thing called greed
What power therein
Can waken monstrosity?
Sauron knew
And strew
His creations
And did brew his plans
His game was wide and vast, full of great depths
Yet
While Sauron understood
The ins and outs of greed,
He could no longer comprehend
What he forsook so long ago
And grieved
Each
New
Terrible
And
Magnificent
Creation
A despairing effort to recreate love and companionship
Blind awe
Stricken devotion
Not the same, nowhere close
Sauron knew
Deposed god
Far from helpless
Perhaps, though, hopeless
Let himself be
Ostensibly defeated
But, really,
Who defeats a
God?
