Haiku Portraits

[page 22] HAIKU PORTRAITS DON STUDEBAKER TED JOHNSTONE and others {Tengwar: A transliteration of the following haiku in the Tengwar script.} Darkness wore a cloak: Wrapping for a pale rider Astride a black horse. --Nazgul {Tengwar: A transliteration of the following haiku in the Tengwar script.} Beneath the black crown; Red, in a skull of blue fire, The Eye burns with hate. --Sauron [page 23] {Tengwar: A transliteration of the following haiku in the Tengwar script.} Snowy brows, blue eyes; A flash of fire. and thunder -- The old grey pilgrim. --Gandalf {Tengwar: A transliteration of the following haiku in the Tengwar script.} Tall, straight, leather-hard; Blood of past and future kings, With a broken sword. --Aragorn