12-11-2007, 09:03 PM
I loved the lord of the rings gorwing up and have read it amny tiems, but as I grew older, my view on like and books became very diffrent.
I still love his poetry though. he has a very beautifull way of writing and his poetry is not looked at enough, in my opinon. In many of the movies based on his work, his poetry is changed or taken out all together.
I got a copy of the Tolkien reader for christmas in 1994, and I still have it (though it's starting to fall apart for years of use). I'd have to say that my favorite poem from the reader is the Mewlips and the man in the moon came down too soon. The onei n the lord of the rings is there as well, and that's fine, but the other poem is hysterical.
There was a song book put out by tolkien and i think Donald Swan. They had set some of his poems and songs to music. I heard a recording of them once, and I found the music book in a lybrary. They are very difficult to play though. I wonfer if any one else had ever seen this book or heard these recordings.
Another good poem of his was Bilbo's last song at the grey heavens. They made it in a children's storybook format, with beautifull pictures and all, but it is such a sad poem, I almost always cry wen I read it. One of the BBC radio productions set it to music and it's very beautifull, but haunting.
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