Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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ilmer, the poet In March, 1919 Fr. Daly wrote that Joyce Kilmer was without any doubt the most d1st1ngu1shed and wldely regretted Amerlcan to fall 1n battle dur1ng the Great War he IS the only poet of stabllshed reputat1on who fell fightlng 1n any Amerlcan war H1s death called forth a waxe of pralse for h1s poetry and of poems 1n tr1bute to h1m Though he IS best known for Trees, he had wrltten 87 poems collected 1nto three volumes Had he surv1ved the War and found lelsure to perfect h1s poetry Cfor he wrote 1n great haste and under constant pressure of deadllnes for h1s new spaper artlcles and of mcreaslng lectures often d1ctat1ng poems wlthout subsequent rev1s1onJ one can only surmlse what h1S poet1c gemus mlght have ach1eved H1s poems reflect h1s own conv1ct1on that poetry should g1V6 pleasure of a noble sort to ltS readers, lead1ng them to the contemplatlon of that Beauty wh1ch ne1ther words nor sculptures nor plgments can do more than famtly reflect and to express the mental and sp1r1tual tendenc1es of the people of the lands and tlmes 1n wh1ch lt IS wrltten Hls greatness IS expressed ln the followlng appreclatlons The world IS poorer for the loss of a very gallant gentleman and a poet who never wrote a l1ne that was not pure and sweet and clean The Lnerary Dngest S1mple and dlrect yet not wlthout subtle mag1c fh1s versej seems artlessly na1ve yet It possesses deep undercurrents of mascul1ne and forceful thought It 1S eth1cal 1n ltS ser1ous ness and yet as playful and l1ght hearted as sunllght and shadows under summer oaks Fr James Daly SJ He was a poet a creator one who 1S pursued by a love of beauty Joyce K1lmer was 1n love w1th the ord1nary th1ngs that seem too humdrum to the rest of us and out of that love he created w1th the w1tchery of words poems about bookshops and rallroad tra1ns and suburban houses alarm clocks and ugly ma1n street and most del1cately dehghtfully of all del1catessen shops all transmuted by the maglc of h1s 1mag1r1at1on 1Ilt0th1I'lgS of glory He was IH love w1th humamty ln all 1fs phases and as a conse quence we have an unforgettable p1cture of servant g1rls and grocer boys h1s fr1ends hlS chlldren and h1s beloved Wlfe who mspxred some of h1S lovellest poems Most of all he was 1n love w1th d1v1ne th1ngs God and the S31HtS the Mother of God Our Lady whose pralses have 1nsp1red the most golden notes of all true poets Fr Walham McGucken SJ from address at deducanon of Kalmer Memorual lnbrary ll 7 Y 7 e . . . . . I ,, . V . . . . . . H ,, r . r 1 . Y . . . 7 ! r , . r r . r 1 . . H . . r Y . . . . . . ,, . . ll ' - as 1 7 ' H . . . . . . . Y 3 , - ' - ' as , . - . , . . IK ' ' 1 i i 1 y 1 1 ' ' 1 ! - Y Y 7 1 ' ! - , ' ' ' I!

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l r l 4 l Summer trees arch Camplon Boulevard Against the Wlscons-ln bluffs and Autumn sky, two poplar: stand sentry. TREES I think that I shall never see Fall maple: add color to campus. A poem so lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breastg A tree that looks at Cod all day, And lifts her leafy arms to prayg A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hairg Upon whose bosom snow has laing Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only Cod can make a tree. Winter comes to Campion's trees. The poem TREES used by special permission of copyright owner, Jerry Vogel Music Company, Inc., New York 36, New York.