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Trees (poem)
"Trees" is a lyric poem by American poet Joyce Kilmer. Written in February 1913, it was first published in ''Poetry: A Magazine of Verse'' that August and included in Kilmer's 1914 collection ''Trees and Other Poems''.〔Letter from Kenton Kilmer to Dorothy Colson in Grotto Sources file, Dorothy Corson Collection, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana).〕〔Kilmer, Joyce. ("Trees" ) in Monroe, Harriet (editor), ''Poetry: A Magazine of Verse''. (Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, August 1913), 2:160.〕〔Kilmer, Joyce. ''Trees and Other Poems''. (New York: Doubleday Doran and Co., 1914), 18.〕 The poem, in twelve lines of rhyming couplets of iambic tetrameter verse, depicts a feminine personification of a tree pressing its mouth to the Earth's breast, looking at God, and raising its arms to pray.
Kilmer is most remembered for "Trees", which has been the subject of frequent parodies and references in popular culture. Kilmer's work is often disparaged by critics and dismissed by scholars as being too simple and overly sentimental, and that his style was far too traditional and even archaic.〔Hart, James A. (Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918 (Biography) ) at Poetry Magazine. (Retrieved 15 August 2012).〕 Despite this, the popular appeal of "Trees" has contributed to its endurance. Literary critic Guy Davenport considers it "the one poem known by practically everybody."〔Hampson, Rick. ("Shift in education priorities could topple poem 'Trees'" ) in ''USA Today (6 May 2013). Retrieved 22 May 2013.〕 "Trees" is frequently included in poetry anthologies and has been set to music several times—including a popular rendition by Oscar Rasbach, performed by singers Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill, and Paul Robeson.
The location for a specific tree as the possible inspiration for the poem has been claimed by several places and institutions connected to Kilmer's life—among these are Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, and towns across the country that Kilmer visited. However, Kilmer's eldest son, Kenton, declares that the poem does not apply to any one tree—that it could apply equally to any. "Trees" was written in an upstairs bedroom at the family's home in Mahwah, New Jersey that "looked out down a hill, on our well-wooded lawn."〔Kilmer, Miriam A. (Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) - Author of Trees and Other Poems ) (website of family member). Retrieved 22 May 2013〕〔Kilmer, Kenton. ''Memories of My Father, Joyce Kilmer'' (New Brunswick: Joyce Kilmer Centennial Commission, 1993), 89.〕 Ironically, Kenton Kilmer stated that while his father was "widely known for his affection for trees, his affection was certainly not sentimental—the most distinguished feature of Kilmer's property was a colossal woodpile outside his home."〔Hillis, John. Joyce Kilmer: A Bio-Bibliography. Master of Science (Library Science) Thesis. Catholic University of America. (Washington, DC: 1962).〕
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