“Goblin Feet” is the title of J.R.R . Tolkien’s first published work. The poem came out in 1915 when he was twenty-three in an anthology produced by Blackwell’s Books. Near the end of his life Tolkien stated that he despised the poem: “I wish the unhappy little thing, representing all that I came (so soon after) to fervently dislike, could be buried for ever.”
Over the last year I’ve been reading The Lord of the Rings out loud to my son, and it’s been
Jemima Catlin and The Hobbit by Noble Smith I have many editions of The Hobbit in my collection, from Alan
The mystical athelas herb, along with the talking troll purse, virtue-imbued staffs, enchanted barrow swords, and spiritually-infused lembas, are all unique examples of Tolkien’s wild creative genius.
Break Bread Like A Hobbit by Noble Smith Are meals at your house a hasty and chaotic event? Do members
J.R.R. Tolkien’s character of Tom Bombadil was based on one of the author’s beloved childhood toys—a doll that accidentally got flushed down a toilet. Many Tolkien aficionados wish that the enigmatic inhabitant of the Old Forest had stayed in that loo, never to resurface in Tolkien’s subconscious.
“J.R.R. Tolkien was just a delightful old gentleman, interested in a lot of things, with a lively curiosity and a
