"Poetry."
As in, inspired BY poetry - specifically "Legend" by Geoffrey Bache Smith (one of one JRR Tolkien's dearest friends, who perished in WWI. To my knowledge, Tolkien was instrumental in helping get his poetry published after his death*).
"Very fair the golden morning / As in yonder wood I strayed, / And I heard diviner music / Than the greatest harpers made, / For a sweet bird sang before me / Songs of laughter, and of tears, / All that I have loved and longed for, / As I measured out my years."
I didn't manage to get the bird into the drawing above, but the image struck me. Hard. Featuring a priest of the Gnomish god Fizzlebott, of my comic "Tock the Gnome" - since the poem is about a monk (as in those that live in a monastery) who seems to have wandered into Faerie, and their design is the closest to ye old monken dudes on Earth.
I highly recommend the full poem, which is available in his book "A Spring Harvest" - free to read here, as is the whole collection.
*Again, to my imperfect knowledge. If I am wrong please correct me in the comments.!
(Prompt list from kristileighgillustration of the 'gram.)
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