The Phantom Scribbler

Today is the 17th anniversary of Katie and Aaron's marriage.  15 years ago, I started writing a tongue-in-cheek epic poem about the yearlong courtship of Katie by Aaron.  So far, I have only completed the prologue and first two tasks.  I read this every year in the hopes that it will inspire me to finish the poem.  Maybe for their 20th?   Katie is "Twaladriel."  We used to call her "Kay-twa" and then just "Twa" so I combined that with "Galadriel."  Aaron is Aarongorn, which should be self explanatory.  PROLOGUE The trials of Twaladriel none shall tell Of the search for soul to pierce her spined skin And find the flesh-filled heart protected therein The hero who bravely would hug the hard shell To love long 'till he the true treasure would win Nay, 'tis sufficient to say that soul's name The bold one who braved the exterior thorn  Devoting each day, each night and each morn To win her wild heart. And his name -- Aarongorn. After ac...

I wrote this well over 10 years ago and just found it recently.  The article I was referencing no longer exists so I can't finish responding to it.  Here is as far as I got: In my last online act of 2008, I posted my rendering of the   Epic of Gilgamesh   set to the tune of   American Pie . (I later made another version set to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" for this documentary .)  I did one last online check to make sure there was nothing else I wanted to add. While checking, I came across this website professing to be an   Unsucky English Lecture on Gilgamesh . At first, I was rather excited! I agreed with much of what the educator had to say about the state of literature in public schools. But the more I read, the more depressed I became. The author had both an incredibly negative and/or biased (and seemingly ignorant) view of the   Bible , Christianity and   Gilgamesh . Unfortunately, I think his view was largely influenced Christia...