Ten First Lines of Tiny Pieces
@sallysavestheday tagged me for a first line meme (thank you!).
I've recently written a lot of really tiny pieces and had lost track of them a bit. So this is really more of a bit of housekeeping rather than that meme although the meme prompted it!
Links go to a number of different sites.
I grew tall from a shoot; my lord shoots me at need.
From the wood it came, to the shadows it went
Not often did Gilraen receive any letters in Rivendell from her family or friends at home, although unwritten messages passed between them, keeping her abreast of some of their news.
Rosemary for Remembrance
Gil-galad looks out on the dawn of the festival of Nost-Na-Lothion.
A Day for Revelry
My dear brother,
You will already have heard of the disastrous loss that overtook us in the mid of victory, unless the messengers went astray—although in these dark times the arrival of messages must always be uncertain!
Gloredhel, in Brethil, to Galdor of Dor-lomin. F.A. 458
Her husband had gone with Aldarion on his voyage.
Numenorean ficlet for Neurodivergent Arda Week (untitled)
‘You can’t,’ Ainairos said. ‘I would like to clear them from our beaches, too—all the flawed jewels they gave, pretending to bestow gifts when they were simply getting rid of sparkling garbage.
Opals and Diamonds Strewn upon the Shores
After the Fell Winter came the floods.
Washed away by the rains and the snows
Mithrellas leans out into the dark and listens to Amroth’s voice on the wind.
Voice from the Sea
‘All right,’ said Galadriel, looking up at the stars.
Further than all other eyes, more clearly than all other ears
It was a long time before she returned to Ost-in-Edhil.
That strength which in old days moved earth and heaven
Not tagging anyone, but I will very happily read the first lines of anyone who would like to do the meme and flag me.
