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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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