Girl with Child

note: Tolkien generally did not write Blitz poetry preferring more traditional poetic forms, but he once stated that he thought the form's free associatons sounded like something the goblins would sing. To that end, he composed this poem about events which happened shortly before the arrival of Bilbo and Thorin in the Misty Mountains. His publisher may have eliminated it on the grounds that it was uncharacteristically raunchy for a children's book.

One other thing: Most Blitz poems are 50 lines long, but this one is only 40 lines. Some critics have cited this as more evidence that Tolkien was uncomfortable with the form and ultimately did not want it to be published. But others have speculated that Tolkien had hopes of entering it into a poetry contest where 40 lines was the maximum line count

Goblin Princess
Goblin Girl
Girl lives in cave
Girl is king's daughter
Daughter of the Goblin KIng
Daughter of the Goblin Queen
Queen is quite vicious
Queen rules with King
King rules with whip
King rules the Mountains
Mountains stand high.
Mountains are lonely
Lonely with no one but goblins
Lonely for a goblin girl.
Girl hears tales
Girl hears of other races.
Races like elves.
Races like dwarves.
Dwarves sound exciting
Dwarves cause fascination
Fascination made her leave
Fascination led her out.
Out of the cave
Out to the valley.
Valley with a stream
Valley with a dwarf
Dwarf is sexy
Dwarf tries to run
Run to dwarf
Run and stomach swelled
Swelled with dwarf?
Swelled with goblin?
Goblin king angry
Goblin king whips daughter
Daughter is banished
Daughter takes child
Child is a half-breed
Child is Freakish
Freakish
Half-breed