Joyce Kilmer "Trees" Poem animation

Heres a virtual movie of the American poet Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918) reading his much loved poem "Trees" Written in 1913 the poem was originaly published in his 1914 collection "Trees and other poems" Alfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 — July 30, 1918) was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem entitled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. While most of his works are unknown, a select few of his poems remain popular and are published frequently in anthologies. Several critics, both Kilmer’s contemporaries and modern scholars, disparaged Kilmer's work as being too simple, overly sentimental, and suggested that his style was far too traditional, even archaic. At the time of his deployment to Europe during the first World War (1914--1918), Kilmer was considered the leading American Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation, whom critics often compared to British contemporaries GK Chesterton (1874--1936) and Hilaire Belloc (1870--1953).[1][2][3] A sergeant in the 165th US Infantry Regiment (better known as 'The Fighting 69th), Kilmer was killed at the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserced on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2011

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 32s Date Found: Mon, Jun 06 2011 7:57 AM Category: Home Video Date Produced: Mon, Jun 06 2011 7:05 AM View Count: 0