Ha! I’ll bet there’s not a lot of people who know Kilmer was a man.
We had to memorize that in grammar school but its been so long ago I can’t remember the grade.
It did make an impression on me and even then I thought it was great.
In the Movie “The Fighting 69th”, there is a scene where a hard-boiled recruit confronts Joyce about being a poet, and also about his name. I don’t know if it’s true or not.
Anyway, because the poem cites God’s unique role in Creation, I wonder if it is even taught in public school anymore.