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+# The Trees of Kortirion
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+A poem by J. R. R. Tolkien that I've always loved, published here because why not.
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+This is currently hosted on [GitHub Pages](https://github.com/qenya/kortirion.uk), but the canonical repository is on [my own Git server](https://git.qenya.tel/qenya/kortirion.uk).
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