The Daily Poem • 14 April 2025

J. R. R. Tolkien's "When Spring Unfolds the Beechen Leaf"

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Today’s poem is sometimes known as “Song of the Ent and the Entwife” because, though Tolkien tinkered with it for more than a decade, it did not take its final form until he decided to adapt it for inclusion in The Lord of the Rings. Happy reading!

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