born december july american writer poet mainly remembered short poem titled trees published collection trees poems prolific poet works celebrated common beauty natural world roman catholic religious faith journalist literary critic lecturer editor works largely unknown select poems remain popular published frequently critics including contemporaries modern scholars work simple overly sentimental suggested style far traditional archaic writers including notably parodied work style attested parodies trees time deployment europe world war considered leading american roman catholic poet lecturer generation critics compared british contemporaries enlisted deployed france infantry regiment famous fighting killed sniper bullet second battle age married accomplished poet author children biography early years education born december new_brunswick new_jersey fourth youngest child annie minor writer composer physician chemist employed johnson inventor company baby powder named priests christ church new_brunswick rector christ church oldest episcopal parish new_brunswick family served parish baptised young remained conversion catholicism birthplace new_brunswick family lived standing houses small museum government offices entered college grammar school age years editor chief school paper loved classics difficulty greek won lane classical prize obtained scholarship attend following year despite difficulties greek mathematics stood head class preparatory school graduating continued education associate editor campus newspaper member delta fraternity unable complete curriculum rigorous mathematics requirement asked repeat sophomore year pressure mother transferred columbia_university new_york_city columbia vice president literary society associate editor campus newspaper member completed bachelor_of_arts degree graduated columbia shortly graduation june married fellow poet engaged sophomore year children sister michael catholic nun saint monastery years writing faith autumn employed teaching latin new_jersey time began submit essays including published piece essay psychology advertising early poems literary periodicals wrote book reviews nation new_york_times june abandoned aspirations continue teaching relocated new_york_city focused solely developing career writer employed funk preparing edition standard dictionary published according job define ordinary words assigned cents word defined job earn dollars week attacked task speed soon thought regular salary book verse published entitled summer love later write poems inspired genuine love things ashamed understanding offended special writer new_york_times engaged moved new_jersey resided service death world war time established published poet popular lecturer according frequently neglected preparation speeches choosing subject beginning dinner specimen constant research dictionary later new_york_times articles given store knowledge produced moment notice daughter rose stricken known shortly birth turned religious faith comfort series correspondence father led convert received church letters writes believed catholic position catholic view ethics aesthetics long time wanted intellectual conviction mental fact wanted faith stop morning months way office prayed faith claiming faith come came think way little paralyzed daughter hands led think tiny feet know beautiful paths understand gives selfish pleasure write publication trees magazine poetry august gained immense popularity poet united_states established successful lecturer particularly seeking reach catholic audience close friend editor wrote assertion time place catholic_church trees poems published following year years prolific output managing intense schedule lectures publishing large number essays literary criticism writing poetry poetry editor contributing editor warner american entry world war publish books series interviews literary entitled literature making poems dreams images anthology catholic poets war years april days united_states entered world war enlisted august assigned better known later designated 42nd rainbow division quickly rose rank sergeant eligible commission officer recommended posts course war refused stating sergeant fighting officer regiment shortly deployment europe daughter rose died days later son christopher born departure contracted publishers write book war deciding title fighting ninth regiment arrived france november wrote wife written prose verse got statistics stored lot memories turn copy chance write book end year find time write prose sketches poetry notable poems period commemorated deaths dozen members regiment german artillery barrage american trench positions forest north east french village time relatively quiet sector battalion struck german heavy artillery bombardment afternoon march buried men unit killing remained sought hazardous duty transferred military intelligence section regiment april letter wife remarked work love work proud double share glory thrills according fellow soldiers accorded respect battlefield men heard speak awe nerve scouting patrols man land habit choosing typical enthusiasm dangerous difficult missions led death death burial second battle heavy fighting days july july volunteered accompany major wild bill later world war founder forerunner battalion infantry sent lead day attack course day led scouting party find position german machine gun comrades found time later thought edge little hill better view answer ran found dead according father bullet pierced brain body carried buried god rest dear soul sniper bullet likely killed immediately according military records died battlefield near near village france july age posthumously awarded buried american cemetery memorial near france erected memory located family plot new_brunswick new_jersey memorial mass celebrated patrick cathedral manhattan october criticism influence trees reputation poet largely widespread popularity poem trees published august issue poetry magazine verse begun publishing year chicago illinois included title poem collection poems trees poems according oldest son poem written february family resided new_jersey written afternoon intervals writing desk upstairs room window looking wooded hill written little father mother wrote copies poems cases added date composition page lines trees appear date february page book text poem dedicated wife mother family locations including attended years historians new_jersey places boasted specific tree inspiration poem claims remarking mother agreed talked dad meant poem apply particular tree trees special region trees trees suitable nesting places guess upward reaching branches line lifting arms pray rule popular appeal simple poem likely source endurance despite continuing negative opinion poem merits scholars critics according friend editor trees speaks authentic song simplest hearts exquisite title poem universally known reputation rest written lyric immediate widespread popularity popularity led parodies poem noted poets writers pattern lines think shall poem lovely tree seemingly simple rhyme meter easy mimic poem choice metaphors best known parodies song open road american poet think shall billboard lovely tree billboards fall tree influences verse early works inspired poetry later influence works children interested catholicism wrote influences come regard intense admiration greater poet rich vocabulary decorative enthusiasm distinguish heaven classical simplicity restraint sincerity poems satisfying initially raised anglican literary editor anglican weekly conversion catholicism time considerable research 16th 17th century anglican poets mystic poets time including eccentric vicar baptist cornwall referred coast life guard poets influence writings critics compared writers suggesting reputation risen level considered american counterpart death criticism work death age removed opportunity develop mature poet trees dismissed modern critics scholars simple verse work especially literary criticism slipped obscurity poems appeared exception trees lesser extent obtained lasting widespread popularity entire corpus work produced sentimental lyric poetry fell favor took root especially influence years death poetry went drastically different directions seen especially work verse conservative traditional break formal rules considered poets romantic era style criticized breaking free traditional modes rhyme meter theme sentimental taken seriously works summer love poetry trees poems poetry circus essays essays poems poetry courage enlightenment address delivered prairie wisconsin members graduating class june dreams images anthology catholic poets poetry anthology edited literature making makers criticism poems essays letters volumes volume volume prose works collected works published posthumously edited unfinished history fighting posthumously printed father story new_york circus essays fugitive pieces published posthumously
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