Daffodil's Poetry (A Blast From the Past!)

[DaffodilBaggins]

Wait on the Edge of Defeat

Great city besieged, standing alone--
praying for aid in the city of stone
whose gates have held from ancient days
and long have kept the foes at bay;

now waiting within, fighting without,
rumours they whisper as all go about;
make now provision, through their fears,
and still their children's bitter tears.

"Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!"

A city of white, spire in the sky,
black'ning the clouds now above the walls high;
thick is the air with fire and smoke
that in their wait make all to choke

for surely it seems that help cometh not;
weakening wills, each resigned to his lot,
as ever the hours pass, they groan,
and think that they do fight alone.

"....spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!"

High city and fair, holding its breath,
seeing come soon an untimely grim death;
pride and despair do meet indeed,
until great friends do come at need,

for ride hard they will, over the plain,
hastening all now to ride down the bane
of fairest friends of old, so true;
red arrow found its mark anew.

"Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!"
"Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

[DaffodilBaggins]

*bump up*

[Drífa]

I like your parody poems using Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch. I sang right along. Nice job!

Thanks for sharing your poems. They are all refreshing.

[DaffodilBaggins]

Drifa, thank you so much! Glad to know I'm not the only one who actually knows those (ahem!) melodies....LOL!

[Melahny_oftheWoods]

Wait on the Edge of Defeat is great! I love the last lines. I can hear them shouting "Ride now! Ride to Gondor!" Thanks for sharing.

[DaffodilBaggins]

Melahny: Thanks so much, hon! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[Pele Alarion]

*peeks in* I am very ignorant in poetry, but that last one did reach my very Gondorian heart... Now to read the rest.

[DaffodilBaggins]

Pele: Awww, that's okay! I'm so glad you enjoyed that one, and hope you'll like the rest, as well!

[Silky Gooseness]

That passage in the books never, ever fails to give me a thrill- you really capture the emotion that must have been in the city of Gondor at the time. Lovely work as always!

[DaffodilBaggins]

Silky Gooseness: I know, right?! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thank you! ((hugs))

[Aikári Salmarinian]

Daffodil: Nice additions once more! I loved reading it.