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A short poem about the ‘thinking fox’ which appears briefly at the beginning of The Lord of The Rings.
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Of Gold In Shadows Shimmering by MayaTL
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
04 Oct 2025
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A poem about the Nauglamír as a golden three-headed snake and all its owners.
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and the world was duly broken by MayaTL
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
04 Oct 2025
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An interpretive poem about the Breaking of the World at the end of the Second Age.
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Through The Stargate by MayaTL for vinyatar
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
02 Sep 2025
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When I was but a child in the reckoning of men and elves, my father took me with him to the beach to catch lightning bugs for the sea lanterns. I remember a single glowing bug, fluttering all alone in the glass case of a silver lantern much too big for it, and have ever felt a kinship with it.
I am no longer the sailor lighting the way for my boat on a cloudy night. I am the lightning bug trapped inside a lantern, shining alone.
…this is not my Vingilot.
Eärendil takes Vingilot into the Timeless Void on his nightly journey, like always. He is careful, like always, to steer clear of the things he knows lurk in the deep darkness of that endless place. He is not careful enough, and when he returns at dawn he finds himself on a ship from another world that resembles his own only in name.
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Somebody flips a coin in their hand
Watching it tumble before it can land
All to confirm what they already knew:
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Through The Eyes of Man by MayaTL
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Feb 2025
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Elros reflects on his memories of those who raised him, now when he is long grown, and kingly and wise—and, most important of all, mortal.
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Neither law, nor love, nor Doom itself by MayaTL for maglor_my_beloved
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
15 Nov 2024
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In the peaceful days of my youth while my father still ruled, long before chieftaincy of the Dúnedain was to be mine, I was fostered after tradition in the House of Elrond, Lord of the hidden realm of Rivendell.
And until the moment I became of age I was surrounded always by Elves from all walks of life, and I learned from them their cultures and histories, and so their greatest deeds and deepest tragedies.
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Dear Culinary Diary... by MayaTL for Sortumavaara
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
14 Nov 2024
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While sneaking a few figs from the kitchens to eat in secret before lunch, a young and inquisitive Estel discovers an old journal detailing the eating habits of the many Elves of Imladris, the most notable of which include:
His foster-father, Lord Elrond Peredhel.
His foster-father's stern and overworked councillor, Erestor.
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Friend of Waters by MayaTL for maglor_my_beloved
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
13 Nov 2024
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The rangers of Ithilien called him the Shade of Ephel Dúath.
The folks of Minas Tirith remained unaware of him, yet the rangers who walked Ithilien knew better: it was the Shade of Ephel Dúath who shielded them and all they held dear beyond the river Anduin from the touch of Sauron.
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The Long-tressed Wingildi by MayaTL for Anerea
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
12 Nov 2024
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A poem about the Wingildi, water-spirits from the Book of Lost Tales that were later replaced by the Maiar, and what they would be like had their concept remained.
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take not the road before you, daughter, or you shall be lost by MayaTL for Erdariel, mithrilhearts
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
12 Nov 2024
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In the wake of the grief of losing her lover whom she will never see again even in death, her friend who has been with her since childhood and her home—for she is a stranger now in the halls where she was once kin—Tauriel leaves the Elvenking's Halls in a numb daze, letting her feet take her where they will.
And where they take her is not a place anywhere in Middle-earth, but a mysterious land in-between worlds occupied by people long gone...
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Sing on, dear Thrush, amid the limes! by MayaTL for daughterofshadows
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
12 Nov 2024
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“The leaves were long, the grass was green, the hemlock-umbels tall and fair
And in the glade a light was seen, of stars in shadow shimmering…
Tinúviel was dancing there to music of a pipe unseen
And light of stars was in her hair, and in her raiment glimmering…”Somewhere in the faraway woods on the other side of the highway, a nightingale began to trill.
“…she lightly fled on dancing feet and left him lonely still to roam, in the silent forest listening…”
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Liquor of The Gods by MayaTL for cilil
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
12 Nov 2024
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The festival of Samírien has come upon the land of Aman once more, and this year Irmo has devised a new method of entertaining the Eldar; by the designing of a potion which will surely delight the festival-goers and cause no trouble whatsoever.
Surely. Surely nothing can go wrong here.
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From Here To There And Back Again by MayaTL for daughterofshadows
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types
12 Nov 2024
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A poem about the adventures of Belladonna through the lands of Middle-earth, alongside its people and mysteries.
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forty fruit on the desert sand by MayaTL for KayleeArafinwiel
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
12 Nov 2024
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Deep in the arid desert of the southlands of Harad, long beyond the known point where the Harad Road breaks and sinks into the sands—beyond the reach of any loremasters of the Elves of the west or the Men of Gondor, far from the Havens of Umbar near the sea—there lies a wide and vibrant oasis.
The Haradrim know better than to think it a wild place.
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Drink with me! Drink from my cup... by MayaTL for maglor_my_beloved
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
12 Nov 2024
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It is said that something eerie lies at the heart of the hidden valley of Imladris.
It is a place of refuge, they say, the Last Homely House east of the sea, well-protected and welcoming to all—and in the same breath they say that sinister things are afoot in that house, things dark and unknowable.
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Catch of the Day by MayaTL for KayleeArafinwiel
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
12 Nov 2024
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After a day of bountiful fishing by the people of the harbour of Edhellond, a seagull meanders onto the docks, pondering the meaning of life and looking for its next meal.
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A Fire-drake From The North! by MayaTL for octopus_fool
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
12 Nov 2024
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One day during the reign of King Thráin I, a small dragon sneaks into the Kingdom Under the Mountain and causes havoc among the dwarves of Erebor.
This is an account of that day, recorded by the on-duty scribe, Svend son of Dwénd.
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They had talked of marriage before.
They had talked, oh yes, but they had been new and fragile then, a bloom waiting for either the right rains to make it blossom or the right drought to make it wither. The topic of marriage had been a simple conversation starter, something to keep them awake through the night when sleep didn’t matter.
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B2MEM - Haunted House Prompts by MayaTL
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
24 Mar 2024
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Short drabbles written as part of B2MEM, inspired by the Haunted House prompts in the Minhiriath Midway.