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.

Page Views	Poem	Comments
37915	Trees	55 Comments
10959	Main Street	2 Comments
9741	Roses	4 Comments
8408	The Snowman in the Yard
7987	The House with Nobody in It	25 Comments
7653	The Singing Girl
7052	Wealth
6803	In Memory
5694	Roofs	2 Comments
5591	Apology	1 Comment
5392	Stars	1 Comment
4785	A Blue Valentine
4485	The New School	2 Comments
4339	Houses
3965	Madness
3953	Thanksgiving
3707	Kings	2 Comments
3656	Gates and Doors	3 Comments
3631	Old Poets	2 Comments
3603	Vision
3560	Love's Lantern	1 Comment
3523	Multiplication	1 Comment
3304	The Robe of Christ	3 Comments
3249	The Proud Poet	1 Comment
3135	The Thorn	1 Comment
3057	Pennies
2777	Alarm Clocks	1 Comment
2752	Easter Week	1 Comment
2599	To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself	3 Comments
2521	The Twelve-Forty-Five
2283	Memorial Day
2187	Citizen of the World
2067	Lionel Johnson	1 Comment
2034	Easter
1993	The Annunciation
1951	The Rosary	1 Comment
1936	Mount Houvenkopf
1895	St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars	1 Comment
1858	The White Ships and the Red
1808	The Big Top
1781	The Visitation
1780	Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.	1 Comment
1762	Queen Elizabeth Speaks
1718	Servant Girl and Grocer's Boy
1697	The Apartment House	1 Comment
1620	Mid-ocean in War-time	1 Comment
1615	As Winds That Blow Against A Star
1570	Dave Lilly
1453	In Memory of Rupert Brooke
1332	The Cathedral of Rheims
1274	To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
1270	Poets
1261	Folly
1256	The Fourth Shepherd
1232	Martin	1 Comment
1226	To Certain Poets
1220	Waverley
1217	Delicatessen
1033	St. Laurence	1 Comment