What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 collection of poems about Middle-earth?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 collection of Middle-earth poems is titled The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

The book contains sixteen poems, although only two focus directly on Tom Bombadil. Several poems are presented as works translated from the traditions of the people of Middle-earth, giving the collection the feel of a small literary archive rather than a straightforward narrative sequel.

The volume includes poems connected with figures and places familiar from The Lord of the Rings, including Bombadil, Sam Gamgee, and the Shire. It also demonstrates Tolkien’s interest in invented folklore, song, rhyme, and the imagined transmission of stories between cultures.

The title can mislead readers into expecting a full novel about Bombadil. It is a poetry collection, and its subtitle identifies it as being from the Red Book. Tales from the Perilous Realm is a later anthology that includes this material but is not the original 1962 title.