Joyce Kilmer Quotes

Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

Things have a terrible permanence when people die.

Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

If you call a gypsy a vagabond, I think you do him wrong,For he never goes a-travelling but he takes his home along.And the only reason a road is good, as every wanderer knows,Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes to which it goes.

Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree.A tree whose hungry mouth is pressedAgainst the earth's sweet flowing breast;A tree that looks at God all dayAnd lifts her leafy arms to pray;A tree that may in summer wearA 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