B2MeM Day Twenty-One: Mirkwood

[dawn_felagund]

Photo courtesy of Ilker.

March 21: Mirkwood

Catch glimpses of the dangerous Spiders of Mirkwood! See the fortress palace of King Thranduil! Go whitewater barreling down the River Running!

Today's Challenge:
We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East.
-Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

The words West and East are often used in the works of Tolkien. Write a story or poem or create an artwork that uses these words as the central focus, whether as cardinals, regions, or as metaphors.

Passport Stamp:
Once you complete the challenge, you may save today's image or copy the code below to display your passport stamp wherever HTML is acceptable. To have your stamp added to your passport, please comment on this post.

<img src="http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/images/b2mem11/mirkwood.png" alt="Mirkwood Passport Stamp" />

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Happy spring to everyone in the north! And happy autumn to those of you in the south who are doubtlessly ready to be rid of the summer heat! :)

Comments

[hhimring]

Is there something wrong with the link to this post from the corresponding SWG Archive page or is it just me who gets an error message? Not that it's likely to be a real problem for anyone...

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

I am going to check it right away! Thanks Himring!

I can't however fix it at Many Paths to tread..

[dawn_felagund]

Thanks, Rhapsy! :) It's fixed all places now; I forgot to paste in the link! Doh! :)

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you, Himring. I forgot to paste the link in entirely! :) It should be fixed now on all sites.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

And here we are, coming into the closing passages. I have really enjoyed this B2ME experience. Day 20 is in beta and Day 21 is now perched in my head. I'm sure I'll come up with something....

- Erulisse (one L)

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Done:

Current (http://surgsteelfic.livejournal.com/136342.html)

East and West by Mirach

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6794887/21/B2MeM_2011_Haradhrim_Nights
or
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=6779&cid=29530

Btw, does the passport have only one page? Mine is getting quite full...

Re: East and West by Mirach

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Yeps, the passport image has the two pages as you see now and with 10 days to go... :D

Re: East and West by Mirach

[dawn_felagund]

We are reducing the size of the stamps as needed to keep everything on one passport. Tarion made a hypothetical passport with all 31 stamps, so it is possible! :)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

My offering for the 21st, That We Not Fade, may be read here: http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=1327&warning=3

[esteliel.livejournal.com]

Today's ficlet: West of the Moon, East of the Sun (http://esteliel.livejournal.com/408588.html)

Mirkwood - Passages by Dwimordene

[(Anonymous)]

Title: Passages

Summary: Between east and west, the journey's not smooth. More "Beyond the Pale" sequelage.

URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=5247

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

Here we go again: http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=1399

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Here we go - oops, hanky alert! Across So Wide a Sea (http://azalaisdep.livejournal.com/80990.html)

[alphien.livejournal.com]

A poem for the Mirkwood Challenge:

"Elwing Speaks of Sons"

[alphien.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry!

http://alphien.livejournal.com/36018.html

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I've written a story for this prompt.
http://lindahoyland.livejournal.com/271965.html

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Posted "East-Victor?" at MPTT :)

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Finished. Posted to the Lizard Council Secured folders.

[dreamflower]

Here is my art for March 21. It's a calligraphy piece:

Lament for Boromir

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

Hmm, seems I never posted my link or else I just am not seeing it. :-)

Title: Go East, Young Man (http://archiveofourown.org/works/173105)
Characters: Oropher, Thranduil
Word Count: 867