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Urwen · 05-08-2019, 01:41 AM

HADROMES > MAEDHROS

MAEGLIN: A puzzle gains direction for him
EOWYN: A state abbreviation inside of a long period of time, for her
FARAMIR: Muddled distant reverse edge for him.
AREDHEL: Follow through, with a direction? She will not do this.
VANA: A vehicle, noted. She appears
FRODO: Muddle up his task to get his name.
IDRIL: Note Maltese money, returned. For her
TURIIN: Mix this compound for him
LALAITH: Greet the key for her
TAR MIRIEL: Rearrange a rodent containing lime for her
MAEDHROS: Mixed complex plant tissue, for him

And yes, he was my first favorite, and still is.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 06:23 AM

A botany lesson, indeed.

Have sent a couple of my passwords to my e-mail, but am not able to copy and paste them from there on my 'phone. So may have to retype them, or wait until I can get onto a laptop. Bear with me.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 10:12 AM

1. Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man.
2. Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver).
3. He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid.
4. No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really.
5. Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself.
6. A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see?
7. He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 10:28 AM

3. Maeglin? (Elf of Twilight)

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 10:37 AM

Nope.

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-08-2019, 10:40 AM

5: Arveleg (reveal + g)

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 10:44 AM

4. Feanor? (No fear, rearranged)

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 10:46 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego..._in_Shropshire

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 10:54 AM

1. Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man.
2. Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver).
3. He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid.
FEANOR: No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really.
ARVELEG: Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself.
6. A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see?
7. He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:01 AM

Maybe the theme is descendants of Finwe?

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:02 AM

Names of Gondolin: Hidden City, Ondolinde, White City, Rock of the Music of Water.....

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-08-2019, 11:02 AM

7: Tutor- T = Tuor

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:03 AM

7. Tuor (Tutor-T)

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:05 AM

2. Beren (Because Carcharoth swallowed his hand?)

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 11:27 AM

1. Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man.
2. Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver).
3. He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid.
FEANOR: No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really.
ARVELEG: Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself.
6. A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see?
TUOR: He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss.

No to Beren. Carcharoth's act was not a vegan one!

No to your theme suggestion.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:36 AM

I tried solving 1, but I cannot find anything tolkien within 'NOBELE' and 'HERSONNET' anagrams......

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:38 AM

2. Celebrimbor? (Celeri sounds like Celery)

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:41 AM

And maybe #1 is Beren.....Because N O B E L E comes close and her sonnet alludes to Luthien's song.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:43 AM

Or 2 could be Celegorm, because he was called 'Celery' in Terrible Dad Feanor comics.

It also contains 'CELE' which sounds like 'KALE'.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 11:46 AM

No.

Start with 'Laureate.' What is a Laureate? Or a Poet Laureate, to be more precise?

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:51 AM

It says it's an officially appointed poet, or a bard

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:54 AM

You missed these, btw.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

2. Celebrimbor? (Celeri sounds like Celery)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

Or 2 could be Celegorm, because he was called 'Celery' in Terrible Dad Feanor comics.

It also contains 'CELE' which sounds like 'KALE'.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 11:56 AM

There is a character Bard as well......

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

You missed these, btw.

No I didn't. 'No' applied to those too.

Not Bard.

Start in the 'real' world for the Laureate clue.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:08 PM

Major poet is a synonym for Laureate in the real world.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 12:10 PM

So ... find one!

However, look first at what Poet Laureate means in the UK.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:11 PM

Albertino Mussato, Francesco Petrarca and Bernard André were the first appointed ones.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:14 PM

In the UK they ere called 'minstrels' and 'versifiers', and Shakespeare comes to mind.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:15 PM

It's an office appointed by the monarch or the Prime Minister.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 12:17 PM

Yes. And it's a British Poet Laureate you need.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:22 PM

Alfred Tennyson?

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:25 PM

Who wrote Lady of Shallot (her sonnet) clue.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:27 PM

And the main character of that poem suffers from a curse, just like Turin did.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 12:36 PM

Was Tennyson a she? And is 'The Lady of Shallot' a sonnet?

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:45 PM

Found it

1. Huor, from Hour.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:46 PM

In which case, the password is Hamfast, and the theme is fathers and sons.

Pervinca Took · 05-08-2019, 12:52 PM

HUOR: Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man.
A: Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver).
M: He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid.
FEANOR: No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really.
ARVELEG: Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself.
S: A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see?
TUOR: He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss.

THEME: FATHERS & SONS

There have been 20 British Poet Laureates, (a score).

The current one, and the first ever female one, is Carol Ann Duffy.

'HOUR' by CAROL ANN DUFFY

Love’s time’s beggar, but even a single hour,

bright as a dropped coin, makes love rich.

We find an hour together, spend it not on flowers

or wine, but the whole of the summer sky and a grass ditch.

For thousands of seconds we kiss; your hair

like treasure on the ground; the Midas light

turning your limbs to gold. Time slows, for here

we are millionaires, backhanding the night

so nothing dark will end our shining hour,

no jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit

hung from the blade of grass at your ear,

no chandelier or spotlight see you better lit

than here. Now. Time hates love, wants love poor,

but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:53 PM

Maedhros, Maglor, Curufin, Amrod, Amras, Caranthir.

Unless Caranthir is synonymous with carrot or Amras is an anagram of sarma, I don't see how any of them ate a veggie.

Or Carcharoth himself, as his name contains carrot, and he swallows stuff.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 12:58 PM

And since there are no Sons of Feanor whose names begin with S, that leaves the A clue and M clue. And since none of their names contain vegetable, it has to be the M clue. And 'twilight' is 'LOME' or 'LOM', derived from LOMION.

MAGLOR contains LOM.

Urwen · 05-08-2019, 01:00 PM

And the S clue is SAMWISE, Hamfast's son, whose initial is S.

05-08-2019, 01:41 AM	#5321
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	HADROMES > MAEDHROS MAEGLIN: A puzzle gains direction for him EOWYN: A state abbreviation inside of a long period of time, for her FARAMIR: Muddled distant reverse edge for him. AREDHEL: Follow through, with a direction? She will not do this. VANA: A vehicle, noted. She appears FRODO: Muddle up his task to get his name. IDRIL: Note Maltese money, returned. For her TURIIN: Mix this compound for him LALAITH: Greet the key for her TAR MIRIEL: Rearrange a rodent containing lime for her MAEDHROS: Mixed complex plant tissue, for him And yes, he was my first favorite, and still is. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 06:23 AM	#5322
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	A botany lesson, indeed. Have sent a couple of my passwords to my e-mail, but am not able to copy and paste them from there on my 'phone. So may have to retype them, or wait until I can get onto a laptop. Bear with me. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 10:12 AM	#5323
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Here you go: 1. Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man. 2. Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver). 3. He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid. 4. No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really. 5. Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself. 6. A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see? 7. He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 10:28 AM	#5324
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	3. Maeglin? (Elf of Twilight) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 10:37 AM	#5325
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Nope. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 10:40 AM	#5326
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,321	5: Arveleg (reveal + g) __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

05-08-2019, 10:44 AM	#5327
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	4. Feanor? (No fear, rearranged) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 10:46 AM	#5328
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catego..._in_Shropshire __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 10:54 AM	#5329
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man. 2. Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver). 3. He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid. FEANOR: No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really. ARVELEG: Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself. 6. A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see? 7. He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 11:01 AM	#5330
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Maybe the theme is descendants of Finwe? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:02 AM	#5331
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Names of Gondolin: Hidden City, Ondolinde, White City, Rock of the Music of Water..... __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:02 AM	#5332
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,321	7: Tutor- T = Tuor __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

05-08-2019, 11:03 AM	#5333
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	7. Tuor (Tutor-T) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:05 AM	#5334
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	2. Beren (Because Carcharoth swallowed his hand?) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:27 AM	#5335
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man. 2. Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver). 3. He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid. FEANOR: No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really. ARVELEG: Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself. 6. A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see? TUOR: He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss. No to Beren. Carcharoth's act was not a vegan one! No to your theme suggestion. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 05-08-2019 at 11:30 AM.

05-08-2019, 11:36 AM	#5336
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	I tried solving 1, but I cannot find anything tolkien within 'NOBELE' and 'HERSONNET' anagrams...... __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:38 AM	#5337
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	2. Celebrimbor? (Celeri sounds like Celery) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:41 AM	#5338
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	And maybe #1 is Beren.....Because N O B E L E comes close and her sonnet alludes to Luthien's song. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:43 AM	#5339
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Or 2 could be Celegorm, because he was called 'Celery' in Terrible Dad Feanor comics. It also contains 'CELE' which sounds like 'KALE'. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:46 AM	#5340
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	No. Start with 'Laureate.' What is a Laureate? Or a Poet Laureate, to be more precise? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 11:51 AM	#5341
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	It says it's an officially appointed poet, or a bard __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 11:56 AM	#5343
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	There is a character Bard as well...... __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:08 PM	#5345
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Major poet is a synonym for Laureate in the real world. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:10 PM	#5346
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	So ... find one! However, look first at what Poet Laureate means in the UK. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 12:11 PM	#5347
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Albertino Mussato, Francesco Petrarca and Bernard André were the first appointed ones. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:14 PM	#5348
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	In the UK they ere called 'minstrels' and 'versifiers', and Shakespeare comes to mind. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:15 PM	#5349
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	It's an office appointed by the monarch or the Prime Minister. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:17 PM	#5350
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Yes. And it's a British Poet Laureate you need. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 12:22 PM	#5351
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Alfred Tennyson? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:25 PM	#5352
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Who wrote Lady of Shallot (her sonnet) clue. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:27 PM	#5353
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	And the main character of that poem suffers from a curse, just like Turin did. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:36 PM	#5354
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Was Tennyson a she? And is 'The Lady of Shallot' a sonnet? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-08-2019, 12:45 PM	#5355
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	Found it 1. Huor, from Hour. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:46 PM	#5356
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,387	In which case, the password is Hamfast, and the theme is fathers and sons. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-08-2019, 12:52 PM	#5357
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	HUOR: Laureate? Last of a score! Disturb her sonnet for a brave man. A: Does he eat his veg? No! A deceiver swallows it for him! (Whole). (But not the deceiver). M: He’s an elf of the twilight, blended and liquid. FEANOR: No fear. Perturbed? Well, it sums him up, really. ARVELEG: Reveal, after much spin, a velar consonant – and the man himself. S: A donkey, a Shropshire town, and a perfect square! Mix them together, and whom do you see? TUOR: He’s a teacher in Gondolin, but he’s suffered dental loss. THEME: FATHERS & SONS There have been 20 British Poet Laureates, (a score). The current one, and the first ever female one, is Carol Ann Duffy. 'HOUR' by CAROL ANN DUFFY Love’s time’s beggar, but even a single hour, bright as a dropped coin, makes love rich. We find an hour together, spend it not on flowers or wine, but the whole of the summer sky and a grass ditch. For thousands of seconds we kiss; your hair like treasure on the ground; the Midas light turning your limbs to gold. Time slows, for here we are millionaires, backhanding the night so nothing dark will end our shining hour, no jewel hold a candle to the cuckoo spit hung from the blade of grass at your ear, no chandelier or spotlight see you better lit than here. Now. Time hates love, wants love poor, but love spins gold, gold, gold from straw. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 05-08-2019 at 01:00 PM.