Alfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918) was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection …

Jul 27, 2018 · Joyce Kilmer was killed by a German sniper’s bullet 100 years ago this summer, on July 30, 1918, during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I. The celebrated writer is …

Joyce Kilmer was born on December 6, 1886, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The author of Main Street and Other Poems (George H. Doran Company, 1917), he was killed while fighting in …

Who intimately lives with rain. But only God can make a tree. Copyright Credit: Joyce Kilmer, “Trees” from Poetry 2, no. 5 (August 1915): 153. I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as …

Dec 2, 2024 · Joyce Kilmer was an American poet known chiefly for his 12-line verse entitled “Trees.” He was educated at Rutgers and Columbia universities. His first volume of verse, …

Best known for his poem “Trees,” published in 1914, Kilmer enlisted in the New York National Guard in 1917 when the United States entered World War I. As a family man, he was not …

Joyce Kilmer was born on December 6, 1886, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The author of Main Street and Other Poems (George H. Doran Company, 1917), he was killed while fighting in …

The poem “Trees” is only 12 lines long but it has developed deep roots as one of America’s best-remembered and often-taught pieces of rhyme. When published in August 1913, it made a …

A sniper’s bullet took the life of Joyce Kilmer, the celebrated American Catholic poet and an active member of the Knights of Columbus, on a French battlefield July 30, 1918.

Joyce Kilmer was a 20th-century poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist who was most famously known for his poem ‘Trees. ‘ Kilmer was known for his focus on romantic, religious, …