David Turned

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“Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“He-who-came-forth was
it turned out
a man—
Moves among us from room to room of our life
in boots, in jeans, in a cloak of flame....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)