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A Garden of Thought   by Primsong 3 Review(s)
LarnerReviewed Chapter: 11 on 1/4/2007
Lovely, Primsong. Very much an expression of the grief, both real and augmented by the Black Breath he suffers.

ArmarielReviewed Chapter: 11 on 1/13/2006
Wow...so strong and vivid. The imagery is simple and fitting. Great use of language and thought and emotion throughout.

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DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 11 on 12/31/2005
Oh. This just brought tears to my own eyes:

Tears quench the embers of my own battle-fire
In this blackened, acrid, smoke-laden mist.
My heart beats as a cold weight within me,
And I hear my own breath coming in gasps.
I am lost, so lost, so lost and alone.
My liege and my King -
I pressed your hand to my lips;
Your words of parting were spoken,
Words of the Great to this small hobbit of the Shire.
Your dead hand lays heavy in my own.
What warmth I have cannot reach where you have gone.
I must reach out to close your once-kind,
Darkened eyes.
The end of your bright morning came so soon.


Poor Merry.

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