What is the name of the poem about a tree that starts with:
There's nothing lovelier than a tree..

I believe that you are referring to Joyce Kilmer's appropriately
titled poem "Trees".

You may find it at both reference 1 and 2 (see the bottom of the
answer for references).

Let me know if this is the poem that you are referring to.

Best Regards,

krobert-ga


References

1) Kilmer's Trees
   http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/KilmerTrees.htm

2) Joyce Kilmer's Trees
   http://www.cs.alfred.edu/~lansdoct/poems/trees.html

3) Poetry of Joyce Kilmer, full-text; at everypoet.com
    http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Joyce_Kilmer/Joyce_Kilmer_trees_trees.htm

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Clarification of Answer by krobert-ga on 06 Nov 2002 21:05 PST

oops... you can find it in reference 1, 2, AND 3.

krobert-ga

Ogden Nash has a hilarious parody of this.

Just for fun --

Columbia University's Philolexian Society has an annual event called
the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest. It's in NYC, most likely
some time in November. Their site doesn't list the exact date for this
year's event, but here are two links that might shed some light:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/

http://www.metatronics.net/lit/kilmer.html

/ephraim