“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.”
Quotes by Joyce Kilmer
“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed 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.”
“The fairy poet takes a sheet Of moonbeam, silver white; His ink is dew from daisies sweet, His pen a point of light.”
Joyce KilmerAlfred Joyce Kilmer was an American poet and writer best known for his beloved poem "Trees," published in 1914 as part of his collection Trees and Other Poems. Kilmer's poetry often celebrated the bea...