Old Tales in Short Form – The Beleriand Haiku Contest

Ossiriand

Team Zagar, Cû, agh Bark:

Between Mountains Blue
And seven rivers running
Peace, hidden away

VelikijSusl (Alexandra Chukharkina):

A pearl of the lake
In a shell of the mountains –
A fair land of mists.

Team OMA - Orc Magic Apprentices:

Left standing alone
Fair land of seven rivers
Home of woodland folk

Daeron Vardamir (Renzo Caimotto):

In the land of mist
before the rising of Sun
Gothmog killed Fëanor.

Mithrennaith (Harm J Schelhaas):

The Green Elves lived there
Southward from Thargelion:
Land of Seven Streams.

Team Fírimar / dr. Bálint Takács:

Shady mists outside
feral beast for us to tame
inside Mist-shadow

Team Peruvian Society:

Land of the seven
You were the home to green elves
The nest of great love

Team SWG Beleriand:

Through cold, swirling mists,
Fingolfin and Fingon waged
War against Morgoth.

 Nargothrond

Doriath

Alvelassë:

Golden are the leaves,
like treasures brought from Aman.
Dragon snarls. Fall comes.

Team SWG Númenor:

Realm of mystery
Whispers of dreams and shadows
Hidden in the trees

Mirach (Eva Zahradníková):

Echoes of hammers,
of harps and singing voices
fade in dragon's roar

Númellóte (Andrea):

Thousands of stone caves,
Kingdom of forest-water;
Lestanóre great.

Team Quendi Organisers / Zsófi:

Carved from dream and left
By treason to wilt away
For a stranger’s pride.

Fealiath (Michal Gendiar):

Hidden behind veil
of Maia Melian's might
Thingol ruled as king.

Hîrvenn (Dominik Kiss):

Bridge red with our blood
Our people lie dead, captive
Doomed by the Black Sword

Team Heledir:

Belted Doriath
Greatest land of the Sindar
Destroyed by greed