Let's Make Believe

Cherry

By skinner_jennifer

Tue, 10 Feb 2026
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Dear diary...

Unexpectedly showing up

carved into beautiful wood,

I can't help thinking there

lies the beginning of an

emerging poem.

 

I found this charmed creation

a mysterious formulated vision

of Wonderland, developed from

mind filled with inspired energy.

 

Figure appears almost abandoned;

rigid, entwined with rambling ivy;

yet assembled for slithering motion

most strange.

 

Notable eyes appear dreamlike,

preoccupied with weird and

ethereal, symbolic construction;

allure of make believe.

 

Photo is my own.

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by GlosKat on

That's lovely Jenny, there's something magical about coming across the repesentation of a creature in such an unexpected place.  You've captured the atmosphere perfectly.

There's a walk I do regularly on the north side of Cirencester where there's a long dead upright tree trunk next to a stile.  I went up there one time and somebody had carved it into a sort of totem pole with an eagle like head.  Over time, the tree trunk has been covered with ivy, and you can't see the eagle any more, but I love the thought that he's still hidden underneath there, waiting.

 

 

 

Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

What a wonderful thing to come across Jenny!

 

Submitted by marandina on

"..a mysterious formulated vision

of Wonderland"

Full of intrigue and wonder. That's what nature is all about. 

Adventure encapsulated in a lovely poem, Jenny.