"Hobbiton In The Shire"

On moonlit nights
We took to The Bay Of Belfalas
And sailed northward
To the shores of Eriador
In search of a new life
Free from the madness
We had known
And endured as men.

To The Gulf Of Lune
Where we could see
The Blue Mountains
As we passed through
The Grey Havens
To The Shire
And it was there
We sought our happiness
Among pastures
And rolling hills

From Lake Evendim
Down The Brandywine
We searched for the right place
And there it was
Hobbiton in The Shire
The most perfect place
To call home.


© 2003 Paul D. Aronson. All Rights Reserved.

This piece apeared in the Summer 2006 edition of The Minas Tirith Evening-Star, a publication of the American Tolkien Soceity.