Green Man in the Garden - Handmade print and its inspiring poem

The Green Man in the Garden is a beautiful poem by Charles Causley. It has encouraged me to create this print.

Green Man in the Garden

By Charles Causley

Green man in the garden

Staring from the tree,

Why do you look so long and hard

Through the pane at me?

Your eyes are dark as holly,

Of sycamore your horns,

Your bones are made of elder-branch

Your teeth are made of thorns.

Your hat is made of ivy-leaf,

Of bark your dancing shoes,

And evergreen and green and green

Your jacket and shirt trews.

"Leave your house and leave your land

And throw away the key,

And never look behind," he creaked

"and come and live with me."

I bolted up the window,

I bolted up the door,

I drew the blind that I should find

The green man nevermore.

But when I softly turned the stair

As I went up to bed,

I saw the green man standing there.

"Sleep well my friend," he said.