"Trees"   by Joyce Kilmer
 
'Trees' poem by Joyce Kilmer, illustrated by Miriam A. Kilmer
 
(For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)
 
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
 
Photograph and design © 2003 Miriam A. Kilmer
 
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