 Despite the enduring popular appeal of " Trees " , most of Joyce Kilmer 's works are largely unknown and have fallen into obscurity . A select few of his poems , including " Trees " , are published frequently in anthologies . " Trees " began appearing in anthologies shortly after Kilmer 's 1918 death , the first inclusion being Louis Untermeyer 's Modern American Poetry ( 1919 ) . Journalist and author Mark Forsyth , ranks the first two lines of " Trees " as 26th out of 50 lines in an assessment of the " most quoted lines of poetry " as measured by Google hits . 
 Despite the enduring popular appeal of " Trees " , most of Joyce Kilmer <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>works <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>largely unknown and <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>have</mark></a> fallen into obscurity . A select few of his poems , including " Trees " , are published frequently in anthologies . " Trees " began appearing in anthologies shortly after Kilmer <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>1918 death , the first inclusion being Louis Untermeyer <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>Modern American Poetry ( 1919 ) . Journalist and author Mark Forsyth , <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>ranks</mark></a> the first two lines of " Trees " as 26th out of 50 lines in an assessment of the " most quoted lines of poetry " as measured by Google hits . 
Despite da enduring popular appeal of " Trees " , most of Joyce Kilmer  works largely unknown and done fallen into obscurity . A select few of his poems , including " Trees " , are published frequently in anthologies . " Trees " began appearing in anthologies shortly after Kilmer  1918 death , the first inclusion being Louis Untermeyer  Modern American Poetry ( 1919 ) . Journalist and author Mark Forsyth , rank the first two lines of " Trees " as 26th out of 50 lines in an assessment of tda" most quoted lines of poetry " as measured by Google hits .