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Joyce Kilmer 1886-1918, American poet, b. New Brunswick, N.J., educated at Rutgers College and Columbia (B.A., 1908). He is known chiefly for his poem "Trees," in Trees and Other Poems (1914).

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Kilmer, (Alfred) Joyce

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Kilmer, [Alfred] Joyce (1886–1918), poet, journalist, and critic, whose best‐known work is the title piece in Trees and Other Poems (1914). He died in the second Battle of the Marne, becoming a symbol of courageous poetic idealism destroyed by war. His other books of poetry are Summer of Love (1911) and Main Street (1917).

Aline Kilmer (1888–1941), his widow, was known as a poet in her own right, having published Candles That Burn (1919), Vigils (1921), and other books.

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