Tag Archives: Henry Thoreau

Of pine and man: Reflecting on Henry David Thoreau’s sentiment in “Chesuncook”

March 4, 2017

James Mathew Robert Pavlik Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States   From the book Hungary by Adrian and Marianne Stokes It is the living spirit of the tree, not its spirit of turpentine, with which I sympathize, and which heals my cuts. It is as immortal as I am, and perchance will go to as high a […]

The Autopsy II

January 22, 2017

F. Inge Faust East Orange, New Jersey, United States   The Autopsy As from a surreal painting from long ago Or a bizarre story by Henry Thoreau A disquiet inside me begins to grow That will repeatedly return—I know. Spread before me is quite a scene: An Asian man not too tall but lean. He […]