Waking Up The Trees

a JRR Tolkien inspired poem previously published by The American Tolkien Soceity

"Waking Up The Trees"

Waking up the trees
The elven folk did stand
In the place of memory
Where now walks cruel man

Giving the woods voice
To talk amongst themselves
The ents did awaken
To the language of the elves

And speaking in their tongue
They created wooded lives
Singing come, come away
To their ent girls and wives

And I wonder if the trees
Still talk when men are still
And when lovers are among them
Is nature's dream fulfilled?

Waking up the trees
The elven kind made a choice
To give the forest beauty
And every leaf a voice

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According to the Tolkien Mythology, The ents were a race of giant, tree-like people whose purpose was to protect the forests of Middle-earth. By the end of the Third Age (in which the events of "Lord Of The Rings" took place) the forests had dwindled, and so had the Ents, but they were still to be found in Fangorn Forest.