The Collected Poems of J. R. R. TolkienAward winning world first publication of the collected poems of J. R. R. Tolkien spanning almost seven decades of the authors life. J. R. R. Tolkien aspired to be a poet in the first instance, and poetry was part of his creative life no less than his prose, his languages, and his art. Although Tolkiens readers are aware that he wrote poetry, if only from verses in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, its extent is not well known, and its qualities