Charles ‘Buddy’ Whatley is a retired Methodist pastor serving Dawson Street Methodist Church in Thomasville, Ga. “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” is the opening line of a poem ...

On Monday, Sept. 26, Green Hedges School, a co-ed independent school in Vienna, held their 75th Anniversary Celebration, joined by the community, alumni and parents. “It was a lovely tribute to our ...

MAHWAH — Poet Joyce Kilmer, who wrote the iconic "Trees" during his five years as a local resident, will be honored with a concert at the Mahwah Public Library on Sunday, observed in the township as ...

We have three non-native river birch trees that a past owner of our property planted in the yard years ago. Their branches reach out in unusual angles almost too graceful for this area. The old tree ...

Students and professors gathered in 309 Havemeyer Hall on Thursday for the annual Alfred Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest—a tradition that invites the student body to present their worst ...

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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 ...

The summer months had been ripe for disaster. There had been very little rain. And for mountain residents who lived along the Big Thompson River valley, the constant thunderstorms and lightning ...

These lines from Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Rouge Bouquet” memorialize the death of 19 of his fellow American soldiers on March 7, 1918, during a German artillery bombardment of “The Fighting 69th” in the ...

“Doughboys” from the 69th Infantry Brigade prepare for battle in 1918. Poet Joyce Kilmer served with this unit in France during World War I. (Photo: U.S. Army Signal Corps via Wikimedia Commons) ...

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Poet Joyce Kilmer, most famous for the poem “Trees”, was killed over 100 years ago while serving as a sergeant in the New York National Guard’s 69th Infantry Regiment scout ...