--- title: "1 Road Good Quotes By Joyce Kilmer" description: "1 Road Good quotes by Joyce Kilmer. Plus more from Joyce Kilmer and more Road Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/joyce-kilmer-25268_home_the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every_2565976.jpg" --- > [The only reason a road is good as every wanderer knows / Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes to which one goes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every-wanderer-knows-is-just/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/joyce-kilmer-25268_home_the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every_2565976.jpg) ## More by Joyce Kilmer > [The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/the-air-is-like-a-butterfly-with-frail-blue-wings-the-happy-earth/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/poems-are-made-by-fools-like-me-but-only-god-can-make-a-tree/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/there-is-no-peace-to-be-taken-with-poets-who-are-young-for-they-worry/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [In a wood they call the Rouge Bouquet, There is a new-made grave today, Built by never a spade nor pick, Yet covered with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/in-a-wood-they-call-the-rouge-bouquet-there-is-a-new-made-grave-today/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [Things have a terrible permanence when people die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/things-have-a-terrible-permanence-when-people-die/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [I suppose I passed it a hundred times, But I always stop for a minute. And look at the house, the tragic house, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/i-suppose-i-passed-it-a-hundred-times-but-i-always-stop-for-a-minute/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/at-present-i-am-a-poet-trying-to-be-a-soldier-to-tell-the-truth-i-am/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [The fairy poet takes a sheet Of moonbeam, silver white; His ink is dew from daisies sweet, His pen a point of light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/the-fairy-poet-takes-a-sheet-of-moonbeam-silver-white-his-ink-is-dew/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [They say that life is a highway and its milestones are the years,And now and then there's a toll-gate where you buy your way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/they-say-that-life-is-a-highway-and-its-milestones-are-the-years-and/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [I think that I shall never scan A tree as lovely as a man. . . . . A tree depicts divinest plan, But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/i-think-that-i-shall-never-scan-a-tree-as-lovely-as-a-man-a-tree/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [It is stern work, it is perilous work, to thrust your hand in the sun And pull out a spark of immortal flame to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/it-is-stern-work-it-is-perilous-work-to-thrust-your-hand-in-the-sun/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/there-is-no-place-in-which-to-hide-when-age-comes-seeking-for-his/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/i-think-that-i-shall-never-see-a-poem-lovely-as-a-tree/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/i-think-that-i-shall-never-see-a-poem-lovely-as-a-tree-a-tree-whose/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) > [For nothing keeps a poet In his high singing mood Like unappeasable hunger For unattainable food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/for-nothing-keeps-a-poet-in-his-high-singing-mood-like-unappeasable/) [Joyce Kilmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-kilmer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/road-good/joyce-kilmer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Road Good Quotes By Joyce Kilmer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only reason a road is good as every wanderer knows / Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes to which one goes", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joyce Kilmer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-kilmer/the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every-wanderer-knows-is-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/joyce-kilmer-25268_home_the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every_2565976.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/joyce-kilmer-25268_home_the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every_2565976.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/joyce-kilmer-25268_home_the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every_2565976.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only reason a road is good as every wanderer knows / Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes…” — Joyce Kilmer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/road-good/joyce-kilmer/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/road-good/joyce-kilmer/", "name": "Road Good Quotes by Joyce Kilmer", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/road-good/joyce-kilmer/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/joyce-kilmer-25268_home_the-only-reason-a-road-is-good-as-every_2565976.jpg" }, "description": "1 Road Good quotes by Joyce Kilmer. 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