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Mike Kelly’s Column on ‘Trees’
The Record's Mike Kelly has a nifty column today about the classic poem "Trees," written by Joyce Kilmer of Mahwah.
The poem was so good that Kilmer had a turnpike rest stop named after him.
The link to the column is here.
A link to the poem is here.
(For some reason, similar verse that I wrote went nowhere:
"I think I shall never see /a blog post as lovely as a poem.")
I guess everything is relative.
But I digress — read the column and the poem!
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So, long story, short…We were in a small Umbrian, Italy town in 2011, Norcia, walking the streets and we met a charming American couple, full of wonderful, great stories from the man’s life as a Daily News reporter—from Mahwah, NJ., We found out in the Record this week, the couple live in the Kilmer House.
Long story short, the next day we find out from a friend that another friend of ours was born in that house. I think I shall see…..people still like to read the newspaper. -
I agree with you completely, Janet. Right on the money.
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Always loved that poem!
It seems to me that Joyce Kilmer’s love of trees could have many origins. Although the beautiful ode he wrote seems to be speaking about one specific tree, I’d bet he was inspired by them all. Not knowing which tree in-particular he was referring to shouldn’t stop Mahwah from recognizing the poem or poet in a big way since he had undeniable ties to their town.
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So, long story, short…We were in a small Umbrian, Italy town in 2011, Norcia, walking the streets and we met a charming American couple, full of wonderful, great stories from the man’s life as a Daily News reporter—from Mahwah, NJ., We found out in the Record this week, the couple live in the Kilmer House.
Long story short, the next day we find out from a friend that another friend of ours was born in that house. I think I shall see…..people still like to read the newspaper.
Jim Wright
I agree with you completely, Janet. Right on the money.
Janet T
Always loved that poem!
It seems to me that Joyce Kilmer’s love of trees could have many origins. Although the beautiful ode he wrote seems to be speaking about one specific tree, I’d bet he was inspired by them all. Not knowing which tree in-particular he was referring to shouldn’t stop Mahwah from recognizing the poem or poet in a big way since he had undeniable ties to their town.