And so start eighteen months of fun
With our third triennial run
Through the long Tolkienic Tome
By those who call this Room their home.

So stretch your legs and give a cheer
To make the others come in here
And join the board that knows no fluff:
(It's true we shun the hugs and stuff).

The threads are long and very prosy,
Even Curious gets dozy!
And see the scholars over there
For each there is a squishy chair.

Citing HoME while slyly winking:
Thinking hard or hardly thinking?
Both Main and Movie back away;
We even scared a troll today.

We can write a long footnote
On every word that Tolkien wrote.
And despite the Silmarillion
We wish he'd writ another million.

So crack the book and spread the map,
And don't forget your thinking cap.
Some coffee, too, is smart to bring;
Come grab a seat and read the Ring!

Reading Room! Reading Room!
Yay, Geeks!

[reprise from March 2005]

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