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Trees, by Joyce Kilmer
Jan 28, 2018 19:07:13 #
TREES by 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyl3_xl62A
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyl3_xl62A
Jan 28, 2018 19:27:17 #
I saw and filmed Joyce Kilmer's grave in (either) Oise-Aine or Aine-Marne Cemetery in France in 1978. I was filming the WWI Drum and Bugle Corps from Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, on their return to England and France to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Great War.
Jan 28, 2018 19:43:09 #
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Jan 28, 2018 22:51:26 #
A wonderful experience,I'm sure. Thanks for your attention to the post and your experience.
Jan 28, 2018 22:53:39 #
Thanks for your reply. Like you, Trees is one of the very very few poems I can still remember, since I'm a lover of all plant life, especially trees.
Jan 29, 2018 06:35:54 #
Jan 29, 2018 07:25:39 #
Have you published any of your documentaries? Filmed rather than shot, so you must be a serious cinematographer. My son is leaving today to film the Bart Starr award the day before the super bowl.
Jan 29, 2018 07:44:52 #
For years there was a restaurant in Kilmer's hometown called "Nobody's Inn" near the railroad track where he wrote about "The House with Nobody" in it. That may be valuable info to someone someday!
I'll finish my coffee now and get on with more productive activity😊
I'll finish my coffee now and get on with more productive activity😊
Jan 29, 2018 07:47:47 #
My 45 minute documentary is on DVD but not a great reproduction from the 16mm film. Frankly, I was an amateur just trying to preserve an event that I knew could never happen again. As art, the film is obviously amateurish. But it's a piece of history, now approaching 40 years ago as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the war. I dabbled a bit in travelogues after that with my own, expensive 16 mm Aaton (I had used a used Beaulieu camera with 100' rolls of film - constantly changing reels and missing shots). I stopped filming in the middle 1980s and sold the camera for 10 cents on the dollar.
Jan 29, 2018 07:59:53 #
Dredoms wrote:
My 45 minute documentary is on DVD but not a great... (show quote)
While my son is a professional, I am a rank amateur, but I made a promo video for the multicultural department at Richland College in Dallas and they had it on their web site for five years. I did use a little Aftereffects in the production and of course had to work through the politics of the school production department (We are spending thousands of dollars for a production and it has to have the proper logo, colors, etc). I think they ended up using some of my footage in their expensive production.
Jan 29, 2018 08:22:48 #
In 1983 I was second cameraman on a shoot for a religious documentary on Our Lady of Fatima. The shooting took place in England and in Portugal. The film was narrated by Ricardo Montalban. That pretty much ended my career in filmmaking. (I am a retired Oral Surgeon.)
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Jan 29, 2018 09:20:02 #
Wow, that takes me back to the second grade. This is the first poem that I ever memorized. Ahh, memories.
Jan 29, 2018 09:50:15 #
Jackel wrote:
TREES by Joyce Kilmer br br I think that I shall ... (show quote)
If you can make it a trip to the Joyce Kilmer National Forest in western north carolina is a must see place. It has easy walking trails that have some of the largest trees east of the mississippi river. Truly a beautiful place to visit.
Jan 29, 2018 10:07:06 #
Thanks. And Hartwick Pines State Park near Grayling MI is probably equally as beautiful and very walkable. My wife and I have applied to be lighthouse keepers for two weeks this spring, summer, or fall. Would be great photo ops. We applied last year as well but weren't picked. Keeping our fingers crossed.
Jan 29, 2018 10:17:51 #
Dredoms wrote:
In 1983 I was second cameraman on a shoot for a religious documentary on Our Lady of Fatima. The shooting took place in England and in Portugal. The film was narrated by Ricardo Montalban. That pretty much ended my career in filmmaking. (I am a retired Oral Surgeon.)
Didn't Ricardo Montalba advertise for Chrysler the " Cordoba" with Corinthian leather?
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