“Trees” (if I have the name right) is one of the most annoying pieces of verse within my knowledge. The other one is Kipling's “If,” with third place reserved for Henley's “Invictus.”
“Trees” maddens me, because it contains the most insincere line ever written by mortal man. Surely the Kilmer tongue must have been not far from the Kilmer cheek when he wrote, ”Poems are made by fools like me.”
--Heywood Broun
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