Trees/JoyceKilmerIthinkthatIshallneverseeApoemlovelyasatree.AtreewhosehungrymouthisprestAgainsttheearth'ssweetflowingbreast;AtreethatlookstoGodallday,Andliftsherleafyarmstopray;AtreethatmayinsummerwearAnestofrobinsinherhair;Uponwhosebosomsnowhaslain;Whointimatelyliveswithrain.Poemsaremadebyfoolslikeme,ButonlyGodcanmakeatree나무/조이스킬머나무처럼사랑스러운시를결코보지못하리단물흐르는대지의젖가슴에굶주린입을대고있는나무온종일하느님을바라보며입무성한두팔들어기도하는나무여름에는머리칼에지바퀴둥지를틀어주고눈은그품에내리며비와는다정히어울려살고.시는나와같은바보가짓지만나무를만드는건하느님뿐.　

조이스킬머(Alfred)JoyceKilmer(1886-1918)
미국시인.
러트거대학과콜럼비아대학에서공부했다.
1911년에아일랜드시인들의영향을받은첫시집SummerofLove을내었고,
카톨릭으로개종한다음에는형이상학파시인들을본받았다.
유명한시"나무(Trees)"는1913년에잡지Poetry에발표되었다.
소박한철학과감상이결합된이시는곧널리인기를얻었다.
그가남긴중요한작품은TreesandOtherPoems(1914),
TheCircusandOtherEssays(1916),
MainStreetandOtherPoems(1917),
LiteratureintheMaking(1917)등이있다.
1913년뉴욕타임즈사의직원이되었고,
1917년에현대카톨릭시선집인
DreamsandImages를편집.
1차대전중에전사하였고사후프랑스의무공십자훈장(CroixdeGuerre)를받았다.