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This is a list of '''poems written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]''' (years are the date of composition, if not stated otherwise). It does not include poems published within Tolkien's [[legendarium]].
This is a list of '''poems written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]''' (years are the date of composition, if not stated otherwise). It does not include poems published within Tolkien's [[legendarium]].
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* ''[[An Evening in Tavrobel]]'' [[1924]]
* ''[[An Evening in Tavrobel]]'' [[1924]]
* ''[[The Lonely Isle]]'' [[1924]]
* ''[[The Lonely Isle]]'' [[1924]]
* ''[[The Princess Ni]]'' [[1924]]
* ''[[The Princess ]]'' [[1924]]
* ''[[Light as Leaf on Lindentree]]'' [[1925]]
* ''[[Light as Leaf on Lindentree]]'' [[1925]]
* ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'' (begun in [[1920]] or earlier, continued to 1925) (''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'', pp. 3-130)
* ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'' (begun in [[1920]] or earlier, continued to 1925) (''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'', pp. 3-130)
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* ''[[The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin]]'' 1920s (''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'', pp. 144-149)
* ''[[The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin]]'' 1920s (''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'', pp. 144-149)
* ''[[The Lay of Leithian]]'' [[1925]]–[[1931]] (''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'', pp. 150-367)
* ''[[The Lay of Leithian]]'' [[1925]]–[[1931]] (''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]'', pp. 150-367)
* ''[[Knocking at the Door]]'' (?[[1927]])
* ''[[The Nameless Land]]'' [[1927]]
* ''[[The Nameless Land]]'' [[1927]]
* ''[[Adventures in Unnatural History and Medieval Metres, being the Freaks of Fisiologus]]'' [[1927]]:
* ''[[Adventures in Unnatural History and Medieval Metres, being the Freaks of Fisiologus]]'' [[1927]]:
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==1930s==
==1930s==
* ''[[The Lay of Beowulf]]'' (early 1930s?)
* ''[[The Owl and the Nightingale]]''
* ''[[Progress in Bimble Town]]'' [[1931]]
* ''[[Progress in Bimble Town]]'' [[1931]]
* Poems in the essay [[A Secret Vice]] (1931), published in 1983 in [[The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays]]:
* Poems in the essay [[A Secret Vice]] (1931), published in 1983 in [[The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays]]:
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* ''[[Firiel (poem)|Firiel]]'' [[1934]]
* ''[[Firiel (poem)|Firiel]]'' [[1934]]
* ''[[Looney]]'' [[1934]]
* ''[[Looney]]'' [[1934]]
* ''[[Shadow-Bride|The Shadow Man]]'' (published in [[1936]])
* ''[[Noel]]'' (published in [[1936]])
* ''[[Songs for the Philologists]]'', with E.V. Gordon et al., published  [[1936]]:
* ''[[Songs for the Philologists]]'', with E.V. Gordon et al., published  [[1936]]:
:* ''[[Bagmē Blōma|Bagme Bloma]]''
:* ''[[Bagmē Blōma|Bagme Bloma]]''
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:* ''[[Syx Mynet]]''
:* ''[[Syx Mynet]]''
* ''[[The Dragon's Visit]]'' [[1937]]
* ''[[The Dragon's Visit]]'' [[1937]]
* ''[[Knocking at the Door: Lines induced by sensations when waiting for an answer at the door of an Exalted Academic Person]]'' [[1937]]
* ''[[Again this year, my dear Priscilla]]'' (1938), in [[Letters from Father Christmas]]
* ''[[Again this year, my dear Priscilla]]'' (1938), in [[Letters from Father Christmas]]


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==1950s==
==1950s==
*  Elvish translations of [[catholic]] prayers (ed. Wynne, Smith, Hostetter in [[Vinyar Tengwar]] 43, 44, [[2002]]), composed in the [[1950s]]:
*  Elvish translations of [[catholic]] prayers (ed. Wynne, Smith, Hostetter in [[Vinyar Tengwar]] 43, 44, [[2002]]), composed in the 1950s:
:* ''[[Ataremma versions]]'' (Quenya ''Pater Noster'') versions I-VI
:* ''[[Ataremma versions]]'' (Quenya ''Pater Noster'') versions I-VI
:* ''[[Aia María]]'' (Quenya ''Ave Maria'') versions I-IV
:* ''[[Aia María]]'' (Quenya ''Ave Maria'') versions I-IV
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:* ''[[Alcar mi tarmenel na Erun]]'' (Quenya ''Gloria in Excelsis Deo'')
:* ''[[Alcar mi tarmenel na Erun]]'' (Quenya ''Gloria in Excelsis Deo'')
:* ''[[Ae Adar Nín]]'' (Sindarin ''Pater Noster'')
:* ''[[Ae Adar Nín]]'' (Sindarin ''Pater Noster'')
* ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son]]'' [[1953]]  
* ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son]]'' [[1953]]


==1960s==
==1960s==
* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'' published in [[1962]]:
* ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]'' published in [[1962]]:
** ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]''
** ''[[The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (poem)|The Adventures of Tom Bombadil]]''
** ''[[Bombadil Goes Boating]]''
** ''[[Bombadil Goes Boating]]''
** ''[[Errantry]]''
** ''[[Errantry]]''
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** ''[[Perry-the-Winkle]]''
** ''[[Perry-the-Winkle]]''
** ''[[The Mewlips]]''
** ''[[The Mewlips]]''
** ''[[Oliphaunt]]''
** ''[[Oliphaunt (poem)|Oliphaunt]]''
** ''[[Fastitocalon (poem)|Fastitocalon]]''
** ''[[Fastitocalon (poem)|Fastitocalon]]''
** ''[[The Cat]]''
** ''[[The Cat]]''
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** ''[[The Sea-Bell]]''
** ''[[The Sea-Bell]]''
** ''[[The Last Ship]]''
** ''[[The Last Ship]]''
* ''[[Poem for Rosalind Ramage]]'' ([[1964]])
* ''[[Once upon a Time]]'' [[1965]]
* ''[[Once upon a Time]]'' [[1965]]
* ''[[Bilbo's Last Song]]'' [[1966]] (first published as a poster in [[1974]])
* ''[[Bilbo's Last Song]]'' [[1966]] (first published as a poster in [[1974]])

Revision as of 23:41, 29 May 2014

The name Poem refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Poetry (disambiguation).


This is a list of poems written by J.R.R. Tolkien (years are the date of composition, if not stated otherwise). It does not include poems published within Tolkien's legendarium.

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Unknown year

  • Doworst
  • Mythopoeia published in certain editions of Tree and Leaf, republished in 1999 in an edition of Tree and Leaf in the U.K. only.