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
38400	Trees	57 Comments
11016	Main Street	2 Comments
9839	Roses	4 Comments
8527	The Snowman in the Yard
8430	The House with Nobody in It	28 Comments
7873	The Singing Girl	1 Comment
7318	Wealth
6849	In Memory
5894	Roofs	2 Comments
5633	Apology	1 Comment
5467	Stars	1 Comment
4829	A Blue Valentine
4550	The New School	2 Comments
4375	Houses
4207	Madness
4059	Thanksgiving
3917	Kings	2 Comments
3874	Vision
3802	Gates and Doors	4 Comments
3732	Multiplication	1 Comment
3729	Old Poets	2 Comments
3714	Love's Lantern	1 Comment
3436	The Robe of Christ	3 Comments
3341	The Proud Poet	1 Comment
3210	The Thorn	1 Comment
3147	Pennies
2856	Easter Week	1 Comment
2830	Alarm Clocks	1 Comment
2663	To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself	3 Comments
2569	The Twelve-Forty-Five
2333	Memorial Day
2288	Citizen of the World
2167	The Annunciation
2105	Lionel Johnson	1 Comment
2078	Easter
2033	The Rosary	1 Comment
1982	Mount Houvenkopf
1948	St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars	1 Comment
1911	The White Ships and the Red
1878	Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.	1 Comment
1876	The Visitation
1848	The Big Top
1803	The Apartment House	1 Comment
1797	Queen Elizabeth Speaks
1784	Servant Girl and Grocer's Boy
1711	Mid-ocean in War-time	1 Comment
1653	As Winds That Blow Against A Star
1613	Dave Lilly
1493	In Memory of Rupert Brooke
1373	The Cathedral of Rheims
1319	The Fourth Shepherd
1316	Poets
1314	To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
1298	Folly
1272	To Certain Poets
1269	Martin	1 Comment
1257	Waverley
1255	Delicatessen
1069	St. Laurence	1 Comment