Several years ago I ran across a poem about the archetypal figure known as the green man, aka the jack in the green, and just recently tried to find it again. I've Googled myself silly but can't seem to locate it.
As I recall, it's by a fairly well-known poet and is definitely renaissance or post-renaissance. It's related in the first person. It details an experience of being stalked by the green man, who is described as wearing yews and holly, and is made of bark, etc. (and I know "trews" in there somewhere, rhyming with "yew.") The teller closes his windows and doors, so that he may see the green man nevermore (???).
Does anyone know which poem this is? It's driving me bonkers that I can't remember it's title or the name of the poet.
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