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Oh Oogy, I -- well -- I --- just do not know what to say -- you are such a good writer --- and I want to read the rest of your book. I would have thought you to be a fan of LOTR. I think Tolkein's use of words is just wonderful. He can make me see all of the beauty in the book.

OK fans of LOTR. It is time to post some of our favorite poems or speeches -- some of the words that move us.
We must show Oogy why we love the book so much.

Here is very short version of the tale of Beren and Tuniviel. Enjoy!

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.
Tinuviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her rainment glimmering.

There Beren came from mountains cold.
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.

Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.

He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now whithered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beachen leaves
In wintry woodland wavering.

He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.

When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.

Again she fled, but swift he came,
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinuviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.

Long was the way that fate them bore,
O'er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless

I can actually give you the details if you want but I would have to look in the Silmarillian

Sillmarillion. Sorry, just spelling. I haven't read much of anything for quite some time. I think one of the last things I read for pleasure was some of the Quenta Sillarillion. I think. :P It's been a while.
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Life is short. Ride hard. If you aren't crashing occasionally, you aren't riding hard enough. And purple never hurt anyone.

Anyone else have any more additions?

I will -- I just need to look it up --- oh my -- I need to get busy.

Here is a trivia question: What age was Bilbo when he left the party in the beginning of the Fellowship of the Ring and what age was Frodo? How did Bilbo get away from the party without being seen? What was the final firework and what was its shape? Well, that will do for starters. I will make sure to put more there soon.

Kinda funny, not long after posting on here that I hadn't read the books, I found my old copy. After I sat and thought about it for a while, I'm pretty sure I have read them at least once, but I've lost a lot of my memories and I think that must be one of them. I remember very little about the books.

However, I've been rereading them over the past week or so. Where I'm at now, the council of Elrond is wrapping up, and Frodo has just volunteered/been appointed to continue as the ring bearer.

I am enjoying them so far. Either my tastes in what to read have changed since the time I remembered not liking it too much(very possible), or that was another side effect of brain damage and I was mixing up memories with some other book(also quite possible).


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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Glad you are enjoying them. Keep at it and you will be done with them sooner than you think :) I actually need to buy them again since the ones I read are my older brothers and he has moved away and taken them with him. You should be able to answer the trivia questions then.

That is a pleasure to hear Oogy. You are such an accomplished author and quite good with words. I was just sure the beauty of Tolkiens writing would be a thing of joy for you.

I have thought about what it would be like to loose memory like you have. It is hard to imagine and I know it has been quite a challenge for you. I do not think you brain was damaged, you are so very intelligent, but I do think it was changed. I say that because you are such a special person now and in no way damaged.

I do hope you will continue to share with us as you read through Lord of the Rings, I do not remember details like the rest, I could not be specific about Blibo's age and I remember that he disappeared in a puff of smoke but not the shape. Himura's questions are good for me, I will be looking up details and favorite speeches !

I am quite pleased to be talking about this again. Enjoy Oogy !