I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.A tree whose hungry mouth is prestAgainst the earth’s sweetflowing breast. That’s the first verse of Joyce Kilmer’s short poem “Trees.” And the trees in the memorial forest named for Kilmer are enough to inspire you to pen your own verses. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest boasts more than 100 species of them over its 3,800 acres. Botanists have been known to speak in hushed towns when talking about the memorial forest and larger Joyce Kilmer-Slick Rock Wilderness of which…
