Joyce Kilmer - Westfield, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 07.332 W 072° 46.961
18T E 683285 N 4665723
A monument featuring American poet Joyce Kilmer's most famous poem, "Trees", is located at the edge of a wooded area NE of the Beveridge Pavilion in Stanley Park at 400 Western Avenue in Westfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM16T96
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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An aluminum plaque attached to granite boulder contains the text of Joyce Kilmer's poem "Trees". The plaque is inscribed:
Trees
Joyce Kilmer

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.
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