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
42653	Trees	101 Comments
12517	The House with Nobody in It	52 Comments
12153	Main Street	6 Comments
11212	Roses	4 Comments
10521	The Singing Girl	1 Comment
10087	Wealth
9654	The Snowman in the Yard	1 Comment
8908	Roofs	7 Comments
8103	In Memory	1 Comment
7084	Stars	1 Comment
6679	Vision	2 Comments
6597	Apology	1 Comment
6347	Kings	3 Comments
5858	Madness	2 Comments
5755	Multiplication	1 Comment
5731	A Blue Valentine	2 Comments
5687	The New School	2 Comments
5654	Love's Lantern	1 Comment
5625	Gates and Doors	19 Comments
5311	The Robe of Christ	3 Comments
5114	Houses
5079	Old Poets	2 Comments
5058	Thanksgiving
4581	The Thorn	1 Comment
4511	The Proud Poet	5 Comments
4390	Pennies
4122	To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself	12 Comments
4074	Alarm Clocks	1 Comment
4061	The Annunciation
4017	Easter Week	1 Comment
3991	The Rosary	1 Comment
3926	Memorial Day
3826	The Twelve-Forty-Five	6 Comments
3809	Citizen of the World
3538	The Apartment House	1 Comment
3068	St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars	6 Comments
3014	Easter
2928	Lionel Johnson	1 Comment
2917	The Visitation
2829	Queen Elizabeth Speaks
2787	Servant Girl and Grocer's Boy	1 Comment
2782	Mid-ocean in War-time	1 Comment
2754	The White Ships and the Red
2697	Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.	1 Comment
2673	Mount Houvenkopf
2627	The Big Top	1 Comment
2453	As Winds That Blow Against A Star
2390	Dave Lilly	2 Comments
2341	In Memory of Rupert Brooke
2338	The Cathedral of Rheims
2203	The Fourth Shepherd
2155	Delicatessen	10 Comments
2111	Poets
2059	Martin	1 Comment
2049	To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
1960	To Certain Poets
1919	Waverley
1883	St. Laurence	1 Comment
446	Folly