Introduction to Poems and Songs by Zhie

When I first discussed the part I was going to be writing with Sonja (Idhrenwen), one of the suggestions she made was the idea that one of the characters would be writing love poems to another.  I liked the idea, since it meant I would be able to throw a few poems and perhaps a song into the story.  I didn't expect to get as lucky as I did and be able to write for not only my characters, but also a part for Sonja and a part for Emmi.  

My favorite of the songs and poems to write was Elladan's love poem, because Sonja was writing the character so well that I could truly hear what he was trying to express.  It just felt like Elladan was sitting next to me helping to write the poem - and not my Elladan, not the one from my personal stories.  I've only had that sort of thing happen with one other character of someone else's before, so it's a bit of a rare thing.  However, of all of the songs, I find myself singing The Silver Tree in the car and the shower and just around and about.  

Because each of the songs and poems was a little like a separate piece, even though most of them are fairly inclusive to the story, I've placed them here in individual files.  Throughout the story there are a number of spots where the dialogue itself is a poem, the longest of these being in chapter six as follows: