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Joyce Kilmer

Joyce Kilmer

Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) was an American poet and journalist best known for his poem "Trees" ("I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree"). He was killed…

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

"I Serene and beautiful and very wise, Most erudite in curious Grecian lore, You lay and read your learned books, and bore A weight of unshed tears and"

"In alien earth, across a troubled sea, His body lies that was so fair and young. His mouth is stopped, with half his songs unsung; His arm is still, t"

"(From the French of Emile Verhaeren) He who walks through the meadows of Champagne At noon in Fall, when leaves like gold appear, Sees it draw near L"

"(For John Bunker) The roar of the world is in my ears. Thank God for the roar of the world! Thank God for the mighty tide of fears Against me always"

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