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PWB Peeps Open Thread: Poetry of Kilmer [1]

['View Profile', 'Bill In Portland Maine', 'Philip S Wenz']

Date: 2026-04-24  

in honor of Arbor Day

Trees

by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

Attribution: clouds floating in the bluesky and redwood trees

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

Attribution: GrumpyOldGeek Spring flows beneath tree roots

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

Attribution: Judy Ulrich closeup of red leaves on a tree branch

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Attribution: GrumpyOldGeek Green Heron nest

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Attribution: FRPrince Snow in trees

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

Attribution: Caddis Fly Coast Redwoods in a small grove in Bidwell Park

This poem is in the public domain.

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