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Trees and Other Poems
by Joyce Kilmer
〃Mine is no horse with wings; to gain
The region of the Spheral chime;
He does but drag a rumbling wain;
Cheered by the coupled bells of rhyme。〃
Coventry Patmore
To My Mother
Gentlest of critics; does your memory hold
(I know it does) a record of the days
When I; a schoolboy; earned your generous praise
For halting verse and stories crudely told?
Over these childish scrawls the years have rolled;
They might not know the world's unfriendly gaze;
But still your smile shines down familiar ways;
Touches my words and turns their dross to gold。
More dear to…day than in that vanished time
Comes your nigh praise to make me proud and strong。
In my poor notes you hear Love's splendid chime;
So unto you does this; my work belong。
Take; then; a little gift of fragile rhyme:
Your heart will change it to authentic song。
Contents
The Twelve…Forty…Five
Pennies
Trees
Stars
Old Poets
Delicatessen
Servant Girl and Grocer's Boy
Wealth
Martin
The Apartment House
As Winds That Blow Against A Star
St。 Laurence
To A Young Poet Who Killed Himself
Memorial Day
The Rosary
Vision
To Certain Poets
Love's Lantern
St。 Alexis
Folly
Madness
Poets
Citizen of the World
To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
The Fourth Shepherd
Easter
Mount Houvenkopf
The House with Nobody in It
Dave Lilly
Alarm Clocks
Waverley
Trees and Other Poems
The Twelve…Forty…Five
(For Edward J。 Wheeler)
Within the Jersey City shed
The engine coughs and shakes its head;
The smoke; a plume of red and white;
Waves madly in the face of night。
And now the grave incurious stars
Gleam on the groaning hurrying cars。
Against the kind and awful reign
Of darkness; this our angry train;
A noisy little rebel; pouts
Its brief defiance; flames and shouts
And passes on; and leaves no trace。
For darkness holds its ancient place;
Serene and absolute; the king
Unchanged; of every living thing。
The houses lie obscure and still
In Rutherford and Carlton Hill。
Our lamps intensify the dark
Of slumbering Passaic Park。
And quiet holds the weary feet
That daily tramp through Prospect Street。
What though we clang and clank and roar
Through all Passaic's streets? No door
Will open; not an eye will see
Who this loud vagabond may be。
Upon my crimson cushioned seat;
In manufactured light and heat;
I feel unnatural and mean。
Outside the towns are cool and clean;
Curtained awhile from sound and sight
They take God's gracious gift of night。
The stars are watchful over them。
On Clifton as on Bethlehem
The angels; leaning down the sky;
Shed peace and gentle dreams。 And I
I ride; I blasphemously ride
Through all the silent countryside。
The engine's shriek; the headlight's glare;
Pollute the still nocturnal air。
The cottages of Lake View sigh
And sleeping; frown as we pass by。
Why; even strident Paterson
Rests quietly as any nun。
Her foolish warring children keep
The grateful armistice of sleep。
For what tremendous errand's sake
Are we so blatantly awake?
What precious secret is our freight?
What king must be abroad so late?
Perhaps Death roams the hills to…night
And we rush forth to give him fight。
Or else; perhaps; we speed his way
To some remote unthinking prey。
Perhaps a woman writhes in pain
And listens listens for the train!
The train; that like an angel sings;
The train; with healing on its wings。
Now 〃Hawthorne!〃 the conductor cries。
My neighbor starts and rubs his eyes。
He hurries yawning through the car
And steps out where the houses are。
This is the reason of our quest!
Not wantonly we break the rest
Of town and village; nor do we
Lightly profane night's sanctity。
What Love commands the train fulfills;
And beautiful upon the hills
Are these our feet of burnished steel。
Subtly and certainly I feel
That Glen Rock welcomes us to her
And silent Ridgewood seems to stir
And smile; because she knows the train
Has brought her children back again。
We carry people home and so
God speeds us; wheresoe'er we go。
Hohokus; Waldwick; Allendale
Lift sleepy heads to give us hail。
In Ramsey; Mahwah; Suffern stand
Houses that wistfully demand
A father son some human thing
That this; the midnight train; may bring。
The trains that travel in the day
They hurry folks to work or play。
The midnight train is slow and old
But of it let this thing be told;
To its high honor be it said
It carries people home to bed。
My cottage lamp shines white and clear。
God bless the train that brought me here。
Pennies
A few long…hoarded pennies in his hand
Behold him stand;
A kilted Hedonist; perplexed and sad。
The joy that once he had;
The first delight of ownership is fled。
He bows his little head。
Ah; cruel Time; to kill
That splendid thrill!
Then in his tear…dimmed eyes
New lights arise。
He drops his treasured pennies on the ground;
They roll and bound
And scattered; rest。
Now with what zest
He runs to find his errant wealth again!
So unto men
Doth God; depriving that He may bestow。
Fame; health and money go;
But that they may; new found; be newly sweet。
Yea; at His feet
Sit; waiting us; to their concealment bid;
All they; our lovers; whom His Love hath hid。
Lo; comfort blooms on pain; and peace on strife;
And gain on loss。
What is the key to Everlasting Life?
A blood…stained Cross。
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。
Stars
(For the Rev。 James J。 Daly; S。 J。)
Bright stars; yellow stars; flashing through the air;
Are you errant strands of Lady Mary's hair?
As she slits the cloudy veil and bends down through;
Do you fall across her cheeks and over heaven too?
Gay stars; little stars; you are little eyes;
Eyes of baby angels playing in the skies。
Now and then a winged child turns his merry face
Down toward the spinning world what a funny place!
Jesus Christ came from the Cross (Christ receive my soul!)
In each perfect hand and foot there was a bloody hole。
Four great iron spikes there were; red and never dry;
Michael plucked them from the Cross and set them in the sky。
Christ's Troop; Mary's Guard; God's own men;
Draw your swords and strike at Hell and strike again。
Every steel…born spark that flies where God's battles are;
Flashes past the face of God; and is a star。
Old Poets
(For Robert Cortez Holliday)
If I should live in a forest
And sleep underneath a tree;
No grove of impudent saplings
Would make a home for me。
I'd go where the old oaks gather;
Serene and good and strong;
And they would not sigh and tremble
And vex me with a song。
The pleasantest sort of poet
Is the poet who's old and wise;
With an old white beard and wrinkles
About his kind old eyes。
For these young flippertigibbets
A…rhyming their hours away
They won't be still like honest men
And listen to what you say。
The young poet screams forever
About his sex and his soul;
But the old man listens; and smokes his pipe;
And polishes its bowl。
There should be a club for poets
Who have come to seventy year。
They should sit in a great hall drinking
Red wine and golden beer。
They would shuffle in of an evening;
Each one to his cushioned seat;
And there would be mellow talking
And silence rich and sweet。
There is no peace to be taken
With poets who are young;
For they worry about the wars to be fought
And the songs that must be sung。
But the old man knows that he's in his chair
And that God's on His throne in the sky。
So he sits by the fire in comfort
And he lets the world spin by。
Delicatessen
Why is that wanton gossip Fame
So dumb about this man's affairs?
Why do we titter at his name
Who come to buy his curious wares?
Here is a shop of wonderment。
From every land has come a prize;
Rich spices from the Orient;
And fruit that knew Italian skies;
And figs that ripened by the sea
In Smyrna; nuts from hot Brazil;
Strange pungent meats from Germany;
And currants from a Grecian hill。
He is the lord of goodly things
That make the poor man's table gay;
Yet of his worth no minstrel sings
And on his tomb there is no bay。
Perhaps he lives and dies unpraised;
This trafficker in humble sweets;
Because his little shops are raised
By thousands in the city streets。
Yet stars in greater numbers shine;
And violets in millions grow;
And they in many a golden line
Are sung; as every child must know。
Perhaps Fame thinks his worried eyes;
His wrinkled; shrewd; pathetic face;
His shop; and all he sells and buys
Are desperately commonplace。
Well; it is true he has no sword
To dangle at his booted knees。
He leans across a slab of board;
And draws his knife and slices cheese。
He never heard of chivalry;
He longs for no heroic times;
He thinks of pickles; olives; tea;
And dollars; nickles; cents and dimes。
His world has narrow walls; it seems;
By counters is his soul confined;
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