Reviews for "Nan Elmoth"

Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:19 am

Wow! This is really hot! The passion is very intense! And I love the subject. Melian and Thingol are a really interesting pair that need to be written about more. And the imagery is lovely. Great job. Sonnets are hard and I think this flows really nicely.

Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:02 am

WOW! very evocative!! so sweet and warm and hot all at the same time! Are you sure, English isn't your first language???Well done! Thanks for stepping up and sharing with us. I agree, more Silm stuff! Looking forward to more works from you!

Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:11 pm

I agree with the others. This is very evocative and passionate. And I love the imagery, especially the first line and "like a rainbow after wild rain" and nature images. Sonnets are really hard and I think you did a great job.

Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:30 am

Oh, MY! *cough* *blushes* Oh, hell. I enjoyed this! *grin*

Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:06 am

This piece combines both sensuality and poetry in perfect balance. It tickles the senses in such an alluring way that while reading I was hanging on to every word. Every word is evocative. I love how the haziness of the dream-state is there from the beginning of to the end. One other thing which may not be obvious at first is the strength and beauty of both characters. Yes, the scene entails description of Melian's beauty but their hidden beauty is revealed in the very well orchestrated actions that appear almost like a dance. It is very elemental in the sense that it combines the passion of fire and the flow of water along with solidness of earth, a thing which I find very elf like. The end result is magical and very very arousing.

Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:59 am

What an incredible sensual poem. I am simply in awe how you can capture so much passion and love in the form of a sonnet. But this poem is much more: it breathes the start of something anew, the love between two people, a new identity and the dawn of a new Kingdom once finally awoken. I often imagined how Melian and Elwë would break their spell and they do it in a manner I expected coming from Tolkien, but honey, I think I am sure this is you! Wow! It feels like such a private moment and yet not, as if both do not want to hide anything from the world, as if they want to declare their love to the rest of their kind – who are somewhere waiting for their Lord to pop up.

After years of being frozen in a spell, your first line gives the reader a sense of time and location. And in their eagerness to move, they erupt in what feels like a dance of lovers, the rhythm is simply perfect, it flows and reads so smoothly and yet I cannot escape the deeper meaning of a bond so lovingly formed in this piece. You can feel Melian’s first steps in discovering physical love for Thingol and in return, Thingol’s yearning for a mate so fair. Your writing is graceful, evocative: simply an excellent example of showing instead of telling in poetry. A tale of legend: a glimpse of it captured in this beautiful work. I am simply awestruck by your talent in poetry Binks!
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Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:16 am

The passion in this piece of writing is so beautiful and enchantingly evocative. I have wondered about the incident between Elwë and Melian, and your rendering captures it perfectly to my mind. Thank you!

Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:25 pm

Sonnets have always been my favorite form of poetry. Your descriptions are extremely poetic. I can almost imagine this as a love song.

Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:01 am

Wow, in sonnet form, no less! Well done, indeed.

Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:40 pm

Lovely - and how talented to be able to write a sonnet!

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