TREES by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

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TREES by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

THINK that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

 

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

 

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

 

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

 

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

 

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

"Trees" was originally published in Trees and Other Poems. Joyce Kilmer. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1914.http://www.poetry-archive.com/k/trees.html
Portrait of Joyce Kilmer © 2000 Miriam A. Kilmer http://risingdove.com/Kilmer/Trees.asp

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