When Blossoms Bloomed, by Himring
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tolkienshortfanworksAuthor: Himring
Title: When Blossoms Bloomed
Characters: Rian of the House of Beor, Morwen of the House of Beor
Pairing: n/a
Text type / Format: drabble, poetry
Source / Fandom: The Silmarillion
Rating: Teens
Warnings: references to the fate of Dorthonion after the Dagor Bragollach and allusion to canonical character deaths
Word Count: 100 words
Summary: The refugees from Dorthonion arrive in Dor-lomin. Rian attempts to embrace their new environment, while her cousin Morwen mourns.
Author notes: For the thematic prompt of the May challenge, although the allusion to maying ended up being quite vague; it can perhaps also count toward April's quatrain challenge.
Rian went out in the morning
to find forget-me-not.
In Dorthonion blooms
deadly nightshade.
Rian went out before dawn
to cull the red clover.
In Dorthonion grows
little but thorns.
Rian went out early
to weave a wreath of dog rose.
But in Dorthonion
vines strangle each other.
Rian came back
with an armful of blossoming branches.
In Dorthonion
ash still blows on the wind.
‘A fine morning, cousin,
see what I have brought you!’
Graves in Dorthonion,
and, worse, those who have no graves.
All the flowers of Dor-lomin
for the exiles of Dorthonion,
while Morwen still wears black.
A/N: Also incorporates prompts from other challenges.
Title: When Blossoms Bloomed
Characters: Rian of the House of Beor, Morwen of the House of Beor
Pairing: n/a
Text type / Format: drabble, poetry
Source / Fandom: The Silmarillion
Rating: Teens
Warnings: references to the fate of Dorthonion after the Dagor Bragollach and allusion to canonical character deaths
Word Count: 100 words
Summary: The refugees from Dorthonion arrive in Dor-lomin. Rian attempts to embrace their new environment, while her cousin Morwen mourns.
Author notes: For the thematic prompt of the May challenge, although the allusion to maying ended up being quite vague; it can perhaps also count toward April's quatrain challenge.
Rian went out in the morning
to find forget-me-not.
In Dorthonion blooms
deadly nightshade.
Rian went out before dawn
to cull the red clover.
In Dorthonion grows
little but thorns.
Rian went out early
to weave a wreath of dog rose.
But in Dorthonion
vines strangle each other.
Rian came back
with an armful of blossoming branches.
In Dorthonion
ash still blows on the wind.
‘A fine morning, cousin,
see what I have brought you!’
Graves in Dorthonion,
and, worse, those who have no graves.
All the flowers of Dor-lomin
for the exiles of Dorthonion,
while Morwen still wears black.
A/N: Also incorporates prompts from other challenges.
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Date: 2021-05-16 04:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-17 07:45 am (UTC)I hadn't had anything like this in mind, when I came up with the prompt. But I had written about Morwen and Rian before.