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The Blue Wizards
Where did the blue wizards go?
How far east did they travel?
And what magic did they show
to the men of the West,
and what secret cults
and magic traditions
did they found?
Or did they fall or
fail in their task and were lost
like Summer's gaze
upon the Winter's frost
fading into memory of the past
never to return to Valinor.
Or did they triumph in their task?
fading in the West but rising in the East
outliving beyond their duty.
How far east did they travel?
And what magic did they show
to the men of the West,
and what secret cults
and magic traditions
did they found?
Or did they fall or
fail in their task and were lost
like Summer's gaze
upon the Winter's frost
fading into memory of the past
never to return to Valinor.
Or did they triumph in their task?
fading in the West but rising in the East
outliving beyond their duty.
Published 12th Apr 2021
Author's Note
Entry 12 for NaPoWriMo2021.
Blue seems to be the colour of mystery.
Blue seems to be the colour of mystery.
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12th Apr 2021 8:39pm
Very nice! According to research I did, they were supposedly friends, and none of the wizards with the exception of Gandalf lived up to their duties. You nailed it. It is a mystery, as they were just blips on Tolkien's radar passing through Middle Earth.
13th Apr 2021 8:33pm
Even Tolkien seems inconsistent in his account of the blue wizards: its not clear whether they achieved anything for good, or fell to evil, or simply faded from stories.
