It's nice to see another LotR poet! I really like your poems, and I would love it of you checked mine out sometime, though I havent written nearly as many as you. Keep writing!
-Caroline
ShootingStar7123

Very beautiful. The talent with weaving words is now a rare gift and should be treasured. Poetry is a form of innocence and beauty and you have mastered it, meldir.

Until we meet, let the stars bathe you in a blanket of bliss.

Lady Miriel

Very nice, but NO CONTRACTIONS!!
XNemesis

Wow! These poems are excellent! I just read them all at once, so they're a little too jumbled up in my head for me to write detailed reviews of each one, but I can tell you that over all I loved your style. Your meter was very well-crafted, and you avoided sounding sing-songy. You made excellent use of both symbolism and imagery, and some of your best lines sounded like they could have been written by Tolkien, and that is the highest praise I can give.

My only criticism is that, for a collection of poems, some of your themes were very similiar. And the phrase "cursed immortality" or something equivilent to that popped up in a lot of them. This is just something that bugs me because I am not very tolerant of elves... they just grate on me... especially Arwen. I'm sorry to say that, for I can tell by the content of your poems that you like elves alot... what can I say? I am a hobbit at heart. But I still loved your poems, despite their subject matter, which certainly says something about your talent.

I must say that my favorite poem was "To Hold a Star." Your language was just as beautiful as in the others, but your theme was so original and thought-provoking! The basis of this poem really managed to set it apart (in my eyes) from the others.

I actually started reading your poems because read your review of somebody else's poem, and I could sort of tell, by the way you wrote your review, that you had the potential of being one of the few poets on that I could enjoy reading... and my hunch was right. I would be honored for you to review some of my work, because I am really looking for someone who is a great poet and who isn't afraid to make criticisms and suggestions to review my work.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read you marvelous poetry. Keep up the great work! (And perhaps write some more hobbity pieces?)Ignore that last comment if you wish... just write anything and I'll be pleased!

Toodles!
-Nymredil

I must admit, that in the beginning, when your story alerts brought this up in my email, I was like, '...GREAT. Poems and tidbit tales. Like as if I'm going to READ this one!" but then now, my curiousity kept nudging me (hard, *owch*..lol) to give this one a chance, and after I read it, I LOVED. Look't how wrong I was! So...Write more! =D

I know who this is about! It's about the piper in Lost Tales 1 that Meril i Terinque tells Eriol about! His name is Tinfang Warble (or Tinpinen), right?
Anyway, I like this quite a bit. The formatting is fine. FF.net is the most evil thing in existence.
XNemesis

Dear Namárië,

That was a very pretty poem. You are a very, very good poet. Please forgive my lack of interesting adjectives, though I really have no excuse not to use any. Poor Arwen. Ah well, she's made her bed and now she has to lie in it. One thing though: it is best if you didn't put 7 chapters up at once. It may just be me, but too many chapters at once could put off readers (alright, it may just be me then) but also, it doesn't let you rake in as many reviews as you could have. But you do what you want.

~Birdie

PS. Thank you for all the advice you gave me on the fic "Enslaved for You". Your words were sort of harsh but you made very good points. I've decided to take it off because I can't see a way of continuing with it. LotR is not really my thing, I should go back and write Anime. But thank you for everything. Don't mind those people who tell you critising people is bad. It does hurt people, but I guess it's best for them in long run. Good luck with everything.

very good poem and yes i have heard of the ebon lie and the narcissus flower, please dont doubt us. so anyway like I said, great poem

i like the last 3 lines of the poem. it gives a hopeful tone 2 the poem, and that though the Orcs kill this Elf, he/she still hopes that htey will one day turn from the "dark side" as u could say. Orcs were once Elves, and this poem really addresses that

this is probably my favorite out of this collection, though all of them are wonderful. i think its becuase this 1 really, really hits on the doom of Elvenkind and how bound they are to the land, and yet they are not content. i like, "I am the spirit whose heart shall ever roam."

the little note @ the end, "so sang Celebrian..." is very appropriate and strengthened ur poem. i like "Why must I leave you all, To death and sorows? Cursed is immortality, For it takes me from you." and how no amount of happiness can wipe away the painful memories, which is very true 4 all, not just the Quendi. i like Celebrian's foresight, and how she mourns that she will see every1 else, but not the 1 she most desired, which is so true 2 many aspects of life

Valinor is land of bliss where Elrond can find rest, as alwayz. but one thing, since when did Frodo have the Evenstar? she merely gave him a white jewel was it not? i really don't care, as i'm not a big stickler 4 canon, but that is interesting. i like how u say "painful lore". it never occured that knowledge could be painful, though experience is, but then again, experience is knowledge. very good. really embodies Elrond's grief, and how he shall rest in the Blessed Land

this is a good poem. Arwen is very ez 2 write about, even though many are not fond of her. her and Luthien seem 2 perfect 2 me sometimes, but their perfect tragic figures. i like the stanza,"Life goes on,Old wounds mend,And her life still has drawn, To a heart-broken end." and how u call Arwen, Lothlorien's last true daughter. and "Nor can she see the Ocean's foam."

thanx 4 the explanation of Ebon Lie, which is something we can all relate to. yes, i do know the story of Narcissus and Echo. i like the comparison between Mortals and Elves and the continual words "The Elven Way". it just made it sound more eternal