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Joyce Kilmer's Columbia University yearbook photograph, c. 1908 "Trees" is a lyric poem by American poet Joyce Kilmer.Written in February 1913, it was first published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse that August and included in Kilmer's 1914 collection Trees and Other Poems.
In common with several other of the Shropshire Lad poems, including "Bredon Hill" and "Is my team ploughing", "Loveliest of trees" is a poem dealing with the English seasons. [10] It also presents a young, naïve and innocent man's realization of his own mortality [ 11 ] seen through the analogy of the short-lived blossom of the typical ...
Part self-help and part spiritual, Worton's If Trees Could Talk is a guide to taking time out to connect with nature, talk to trees, and to live a happier and more fulfilled life. [5] The author, who lives in England, believes that "all trees are living, breathing organisms that humans can connect with and talk to on a deeper level through ...
Our Casuarina Tree is a poem published in 1881 by Toru Dutt [Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan], an Indian poet. In this poem Toru Dutt celebrates the majesty of the casuarina tree that she used to see by her window, and remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings.
Left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate part of the shore, commanding a beautiful prospect. "Nay, Traveller! rest. This lonely Yew-tree stands" Poems of Sentiment and Reflection.(1815–43); Poems written in Youth(1845) 1798 The Reverie of Poor Susan 1797
The poem describes a local blacksmith and his daily life. The blacksmith serves as a role model who balances his job with the role he plays with his family and community. Years after its publication, a tree mentioned in the poem was cut down and part of it was made into an armchair which was then presented to Longfellow by local schoolchildren.
The poem is based upon an actual experience of Brontë's. [7] A note stating "Composed in the Long-Plantation on a wild bright windy day", was written in Anne Brontë's hand at the bottom of the manuscript and the "Long-Plantation" was identified by Edward Chitham as a wood to the East of Kirby Hall toward the River Ouse, though there is no ...
THE SURRENDER TREE, Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom (Henry Holt & Co., 2008) 2009 Newbery Honor [4] 2009 Pura Belpré Medal for author [9] 2009 Américas Award winner [10] Jane Addams Children's Book Award for book for older children; Claudia Lewis Poetry Award; Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor; ALA Best Books for Young Adults; ALA Notable Book