Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918)

Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886-July 30, 1918) was an American poet; his best-known work is "Trees". The poem is notable for its anthropomorphism: the tree in the poem presses its mouth to the earth's breast and looks at God and raises its leafy arms to pray. The poem was given a musical setting that was quite popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Kilmer was killed in action by a sniper during World War I and is buried in the Oise-Aisne Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

	Poem	Comments
4.	A Blue Valentine
30.	Alarm Clocks	1 Comment
7.	Apology	1 Comment
11.	As Winds That Blow Against A Star
23.	Citizen of the World
29.	Dave Lilly
6.	Delicatessen
26.	Easter
25.	Easter Week
10.	Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.	1 Comment
20.	Folly
11.	Gates and Doors	1 Comment
5.	Houses
6.	In Memory
23.	In Memory of Rupert Brooke
27.	Kings	2 Comments
9.	Lionel Johnson	1 Comment
18.	Love's Lantern	1 Comment
21.	Madness
1.	Main Street	2 Comments
9.	Martin	1 Comment
14.	Memorial Day
22.	Mid-ocean in War-time	1 Comment
27.	Mount Houvenkopf
17.	Multiplication	1 Comment
5.	Old Poets	2 Comments
2.	Pennies
22.	Poets
21.	Queen Elizabeth Speaks
2.	Roofs	2 Comments
15.	Roses	4 Comments
7.	Servant Girl and Grocer's Boy
19.	St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars	1 Comment
12.	St. Laurence	1 Comment
4.	Stars	1 Comment
18.	Thanksgiving
14.	The Annunciation
10.	The Apartment House	1 Comment
20.	The Big Top
26.	The Cathedral of Rheims
25.	The Fourth Shepherd
28.	The House with Nobody in It	20 Comments
24.	The New School	2 Comments
8.	The Proud Poet	1 Comment
12.	The Robe of Christ	3 Comments
15.	The Rosary	1 Comment
13.	The Singing Girl
3.	The Snowman in the Yard
19.	The Thorn	1 Comment
1.	The Twelve-Forty-Five
16.	The Visitation
28.	The White Ships and the Red
24.	To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
13.	To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself	3 Comments
17.	To Certain Poets
3.	Trees	49 Comments
16.	Vision
31.	Waverley
8.	Wealth