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I think that i shall never see a poem lovely as a tree
a tree who hungry mouth is pressed
against the earths sweet flowing breast
a tree that may in the summer wear
a nest of robins in her hair
poems are made by fools like me but only god can make a tree

2006-12-01 16:54:05 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

4 answers

Kilmer enlisted in the United States Army in April 1917, and quickly rose to the rank of Sergeant in the 69th Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Joyce Kilmer is chiefly known for a poem entitled "Trees" first published in a book entitled Trees and Other Poems 1914. The poem is believed to have been written in 1913, while Kilmer was in Chicago, however, other sources state it was written on 2 February 1913, in Mahwah, New Jersey.
It's a much recited Arbor Day poem.

Trees

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

2006-12-01 16:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Muinghan Life During Wartime 7 · 3 0

Of course, Trees. Kilmer died during World War I.

2006-12-02 21:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0 0

Not certain if it's what you're asking, but that one is called Trees. And it's probably Kilmer's most read poem.

2006-12-02 01:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by paganchilde 1 · 0 0

once i heard a peom...........but the person who wrote it was UNKNOWN.....but i knew that it is of Sargeant Joyce Kilmer

2006-12-02 04:09:08 · answer #4 · answered by nickless 4 · 0 0

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