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The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets
Contents:
Trees. [Joyce Kilmer]
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.
Idealists. [Alfred Kreymborg]
Brother Tree:
Why do you reach and reach?
Do you dream some day to touch the sky?
Brother Stream:
Why do you run and run?
Do you dream some day to fill the sea?
Brother Bird:
Why do you sing and sing?
Do you dream —
~Young Man:
Why do you talk and talk and talk?~
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Chicago: Jessie Belle Rittenhouse, "Trees. [Joyce Kilmer]," The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets (New York: George E. Wood, 1850), Original Sources, accessed October 13, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2SI7XGDAI6IH45.
MLA: Rittenhouse, Jessie Belle. "Trees. [Joyce Kilmer]." The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, New York, George E. Wood, 1850, Original Sources. 13 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2SI7XGDAI6IH45.
Harvard: Rittenhouse, JB, 'Trees. [Joyce Kilmer]' in The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, ed. and trans. . cited in 1850, The Second Book of Modern Verse; a Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American Poets, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 13 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L2SI7XGDAI6IH45.
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