Trees. Criticism. Lessons learned.
At some point in Mrs. Newton's English Lit class at MHS, she said "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer was the worst poem ever. Trite, cliched, mawkishly sentimental, she said. But at the same time, it was one of the most popular, most loved by the public. "I think that I shall never see / a poem lovely as a... Sign in to see full entry.