The Collected Poems of J. R. R. TolkienWorld first publication of the collected poems of J. R. R. Tolkien, spanning almost seven decades of the authors life and presented in an elegant three volume hardback boxed set. 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