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Joyce Kilmer

Joyce Kilmer Books

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Joyce Kilmer was an American writer known for his poetry and prose, characterized by themes of nature and religious faith. His most famous work is 'Tree,' a poem celebrated for its simple yet profound imagery. Born on December 6, 1886, Kilmer was killed in action in France during World War I at the age of 31.

Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

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Summer of Love

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Main Street, and Other Poems

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“The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings.”

Looks Earth Happiness Vision Air Sky Spring Blue Wings Poetry Is Butterfly April Springtime Frail Like A Butterfly Butterfly Wings

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“IN MEMORIAM: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE She whom we love, our Lady of Compassion, Can never die, for Love forbids her death. Love has bent down in his old kindly fashion, And breathed upon her his immortal breath. On wounded soldiers, in their anguish lying, Her gentle spirit shall descend like rain. Where the white flag with the red cross is flying, There shall she dwell, the vanquisher of pain.”

Source: Summer of Love

“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.”

Thinking Earth Tree Sweet Mouths Lovely Hungry Forests Breasts Breastfeeding Forests And Trees Nature's Beauty Arbor Day Inspirational Tree

Book:Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

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“It is stern work, it is perilous work, to thrust your hand in the sun And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm the hearts of men: But Prometheus, torn by the claws and beaks whose task is never done, would be tortured another eternity to go stealing fire again.”

Men Heart Done Hands Would Be Sun Fire Tasks Eternity Warm Stealing Flames Immortal Working It Sparks Torn Thrust Claws Beaks Prometheus

Book:Main Street, and Other Poems

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“Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree”

Made Nature Tree Fool Forests Like Me Nature Beauty Forests And Trees Nature And Beauty God And Nature Nature's Beauty Arbor Day Inspirational Tree God Nature

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“What matters Death, if Freedom be not dead? No flags are fair, if Freedom's flag be furled. Who fights for Freedom, goes with joyful tread To meet the fires of Hell against him hurled.”

Ifs Matter Poetry Fighting Hell Fire Fairs Flags Joyful What Matters Fighting For Freedom

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“I suppose I passed it a hundred times, But I always stop for a minute. And look at the house, the tragic house, The house with nobody in it.”

Looks Success House Minutes Hundred Tragic

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“There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.”

War Young Poetry Song Worry Taken Poet

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“I think that I shall never scan A tree as lovely as a man. . . . . A tree depicts divinest plan, But God himself lives in a man.”

Thinking Men Plans Tree Lovely

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“The only reason a road is good as every wanderer knows / Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes to which one goes”

Knows Reason Home Journey Wanderers

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“There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride.”

Age Seeking Old Age Brides

Book:Summer of Love

Source: Summer of Love

“At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of something beautiful ... The only sort of book I care to write about the war is the sort people will read after the war is over - a century after it is over.”

People Writing Trying Book War Care Beautiful Century Poet Expression Soldier Telling The Truth Not Interested I Care Something Beautiful

Book:Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

Source: Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

“They say that life is a highway and its milestones are the years,And now and then there's a toll-gate where you buy your way with tears.It's a rough road and a steep road and it stretches broad and far,But at last it leads to a golden Town where golden Houses are.”

Way Years Lasts Life Is House Tears Towns Golden Gates Rough Broads Now And Then Highways Tolls Steep Milestone

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Source: Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

“Things have a terrible permanence when people die.”

People Dies Dying Terrible Death And Dying Permanence

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“In a wood they call the Rouge Bouquet, There is a new-made grave today, Built by never a spade nor pick, Yet covered with earth ten meteres thick. There lie many fighting men. Dead in their youthful prime.”

Men Made Today Earth Lying Fighting Ten Picks Built Woods Graves Prime Covered Thick Spades Bouquets Rouge

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“For nothing keeps a poet In his high singing mood Like unappeasable hunger For unattainable food.”

Poet Singing Hunger Mood Unattainable

Book:Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

Source: Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems

“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.”

Light White Poet Sweet Angel Fairy Silver Pens Sheets Ink Dew Faerie Daisies Points Of Light Moonbeams

Book:Summer of Love

Source: Summer of Love

“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.”

About the Author

Born: December 6, 1886
Died: July 30, 1918
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 19

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