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
34881	Trees	49 Comments
10516	Main Street	2 Comments
9022	Roses	4 Comments
7834	The Snowman in the Yard
6439	In Memory
6335	The Singing Girl
5835	The House with Nobody in It	20 Comments
5389	Wealth
5236	Apology	1 Comment
4972	Stars	1 Comment
4847	Roofs	2 Comments
4430	A Blue Valentine
4005	Houses
3749	The New School	2 Comments
3458	Thanksgiving
3068	Old Poets	2 Comments
3030	Gates and Doors	1 Comment
2792	The Robe of Christ	3 Comments
2765	Madness
2754	The Proud Poet	1 Comment
2656	The Thorn	1 Comment
2618	Kings	2 Comments
2543	Pennies
2395	Easter Week
2321	Love's Lantern	1 Comment
2182	Multiplication	1 Comment
2176	Alarm Clocks	1 Comment
2166	Vision
2050	The Twelve-Forty-Five
1950	Memorial Day
1865	To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself	3 Comments
1763	Citizen of the World
1755	Easter
1681	Lionel Johnson	1 Comment
1681	Mount Houvenkopf
1534	The White Ships and the Red
1505	The Big Top
1469	Queen Elizabeth Speaks
1427	St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars	1 Comment
1413	The Rosary	1 Comment
1395	The Visitation
1384	The Annunciation
1363	As Winds That Blow Against A Star
1272	Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.	1 Comment
1271	Mid-ocean in War-time	1 Comment
1249	Dave Lilly
1208	Servant Girl and Grocer's Boy
1142	In Memory of Rupert Brooke
1022	The Apartment House	1 Comment
1002	To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
997	Poets
993	Martin	1 Comment
988	Folly
971	The Cathedral of Rheims
957	Waverley
955	Delicatessen
941	To Certain Poets
934	The Fourth Shepherd
786	St. Laurence	1 Comment