For CCT
...who hung lanterns in a tree in today's poem, and reminded me of these lanterns in this other tree. The form is called a pantoum, by the way, and was originally designed to be sung by minstrels. This is one of two I wrote a few years back on the theme of Bilbo Baggins' eleventy-first birthday at the start of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. SHADOW OF THE FUTURE The lanterns they glow with a comforting light as they hang in the boughs gently swinging illuminating the gathering night and the company,... Sign in to see full entry.