Joyce Kilmer(1886-1918)
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Author and poet ("Trees"), educated at Rutgers College and Columbia
University (BA). He was the editorial assistant for the Funk & Wagnalls
Standard Dictionary, the literary editor of 'The Churchman', the poetry
editor of the 'Literary Digest', and a contributor to the New York
Times Sunday Magazine and the Warner's Library of the World's Best
Literature. He also lectured at the New York University School of
Journalism. During World War I he served in the 165th Infantry, US Army
(69th NY), and was killed in action. His works were entered into ASCAP
membership in 1950. His poems that were set to music include "Trees",
"Roofs", "Memorial Day", "Slender Your Hands", "The House With Nobody
In It", "Christmas Eve", "Gates and Doors", "Stars", "The Peacemaker",
"Lullaby for a Baby Fairy", "The Constant Lamp", "When the 69th Gets
Back", and "Fairy Hills of Dream".