Kilmer, Joyce (1886-1918)

American poet, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University. From 1909 to 1917 he was on the staff of the New Standard Dictionary, as well as various periodicals. He was killed in France during World War I. His lyric poem "Trees," in the collection Trees and Other Poems (1914), won him popular recognition. His other works are Summer and Love (1911) and Main Street and Other Poems (1915).