What was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 poetry collection about the character Tom Bombadil?

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil was the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1962 poetry collection about Tom Bombadil and other subjects. George Allen & Unwin published the book in the United Kingdom.

The collection contains sixteen poems. Only two directly concern Tom Bombadil, while the others explore a range of characters, legends, creatures, and voices connected with Tolkien’s imaginative world. The title poem revisits the eccentric figure first encountered in The Lord of the Rings.

Tom Bombadil appears in the early part of The Fellowship of the Ring as a powerful and enigmatic inhabitant of the Old Forest. Tolkien’s poetry collection gives readers additional material in a lighter, folkloric mode rather than extending the main plot of the novel.

The book is sometimes mistaken for a prose sequel or a collection containing only Bombadil stories. It is better understood as a varied poetry volume, with Bombadil serving as its most prominent named subject.