If there was a writer capable...

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

However, my vote goes to the elegies. I would personally love to read more works with that bittersweet poignancy of Smith of Wootton Major and Leaf by Niggle. There's a hunger there that I want to hunger along with.

Like Fea, I've never read them. How embarrassing! And my already frightfully long 'to read' list lengthens...

Bittersweet is the word. I think that's another part of what draws me into the LOTR. I still can't read the farewell at the Grey Havens (among other passages) without going all teary-eyed. The bittersweet ache for the changing world and loss of an era is beautiful and moving. I want so much to go to the Sea and watch the ships passing into the West. And then to ride back to the Shire with the Hobbits, pondering the vanished days of the Elves, knowing that the world will never be the same, while looking forward to the future with hope. Sigh. I think I'm rambling again.

In any case, LMP, can I join the waiting list for your book?