English Poetry. Joyce Kilmer. Trees. Джойс Килмер.

Joyce Kilmer (Джойс Килмер)

Trees

(For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)

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;
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.

Joyce Kilmer’s other poems:

1. Madness
2. St. Alexis, Patron of Beggars
3. Multiplication
4. The Robe of Christ
5. Memorial Day

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) Trees (“In the Garden of Eden, planted by God”)

Madison Cawein (Мэдисон Кавейн) Trees (“Trees, so he said and laid him lovingly”)

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