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Trees by Joyce Kilmer - Poetry Magazine

The poem 'Trees' by Joyce Kilmer expresses the beauty and majesty of trees, comparing them to poetry and highlighting their connection to nature and God. Kilmer emphasizes the unique qualities of trees, such as their nurturing presence and the life they support. Ultimately, he concludes that while humans can create poems, only God can create a tree.

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Trees by Joyce Kilmer - Poetry Magazine

The poem 'Trees' by Joyce Kilmer expresses the beauty and majesty of trees, comparing them to poetry and highlighting their connection to nature and God. Kilmer emphasizes the unique qualities of trees, such as their nurturing presence and the life they support. Ultimately, he concludes that while humans can create poems, only God can create a tree.

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Trees

BY JOYC E K IL M ER

I 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.

Joyce Kilmer, “Trees” from Poetry 2, no. 5 (August 1915): 153.

Source: Poetry Poetry


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