Notes About The Poem


(Based on artwork of Sabrina Alvar)

May include: An illustration depicts a person in a blue dress sitting in a large tree, gazing at a river and sky. The tree has a hollow with a rabbit inside. The scene is set in a lush, green forest with a crescent moon in the sky.

 

#41 on top 100 new poems list as of Aug 21, 2026

Cozy Tree

Based on artwork of Sabrina Alvar

In this verdant forest,
    I have a front view 
to a stream of blue
 and I sit surrounded
 by pretty little flowers
   My trunk is broad
     and ivy adorns it
Not but five feet from
     the ground,
my lower body has split
and it’s as if
          my upper body 
has parted in
opposite              directions
consisting of
     two GIANT arms
reaching outward
                  and upward, 
fashioning
a circle which has left
    a huge and empty 

        space

   a happy place
   where one may 
climb onto my trunk
and use it as a seat!

A woman sits here now
She faces the stream
as clouds in azure sky
                    pass on by
Small leaves like streamers
    dangle
           from where
my large limbs came together 
            at the top
A small rabbit
        stares out from
the hollow in my trunk.
    I offer all creatures
   my comfort 
        and a green
           enchanting view.
   Just call me
             a cozy tree
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Godwin Avatar
August 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
YOU HAVE FIVE on Best New Current. This one of two I haven't read yet. You're my favorite BRAT on that list. I put together by myself that this was for Brian, I'm glad he placed it. I'm not used to appreciating this form, in many ways it's like elementary observation skills for an adult. Is it like journalism, just facts, can't be because your tree is happy, but facts do seem secondary to the description. I know you rocked whatever was meant to be rocked for a form I need to study. SOUPY
Dietrich Avatar
August 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Yes. I don't really know how to rock the ekphrasis form poetically but I think I did a better job of it about two weeks ago. Let me go find the title of that one
Poet Avatar
August 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Hearty congratulations on your contest win with this beautifully crafted poem, dear Andrea.
Kerr Avatar
August 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Beautiful haunting work, Andrea. Extremely original.🔥🔥 Congratulations on your win. Howard
Dietrich Avatar
August 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Thanks!
Smith  Avatar
August 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Back to congratulate you on placement in 1495 contest.
Crandall Avatar
August 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I enjoyed reading about this cozy tree while looking at the picture - nice picture, too!
Griffiths Avatar
August 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Great choice of art to respond to, and a brilliant poetic response you've written! I was gripped by the lines "my lower body has / split / and it's as if / my upper body has parted in / opposite directions". There is splitting and movement in the imagery, as well as the way you have arranged the lines. And the branches do indeed look like two giant arms. I'm glad you got the cute little rabbit in there too. 🌸
Dietrich Avatar
August 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Thank you, Terry
Hind Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
lovely!!
Daniel Avatar
August 11, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Very beautiful, Andrea😊
DiMino Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"I offer all creatures my comfort and a green enchanting view. Just call me a cozy tree" -- and a wonderful cozy poet. Very enchanting. Love it!
Dietrich Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Thanks, my friend
MITRA Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
There is a quiet piece of woodland magic here: you have not merely described a tree—you have given its wound a purpose. Where its trunk divides, the tree creates a seat, a shelter, a frame for sky, and even a little kingdom for the rabbit. That is the lovely paradox I found here: what looks like a breaking becomes an architecture of belonging. The tree’s greatest beauty is not what it is, but what it permits others to become beneath its boughs. A charmingly imagined piece, Andrea. With sylvan felicitations, Mohit Mitra👏
Dietrich Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Thanks so much
Kendrick Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Enjoyable read although not just one-syllable words comprise the lines. Thank you for sharing. Sara K. 👏✍️
Smith  Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I think I would love to sit on the cosy tree.🐇
George Avatar
August 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This is lovely, a thumbnail description. The tree looks so cozy. I feel like sitting in the place of that lady for a little while. The image too is awesome. ❤️
Dietrich Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Thanks. I am growing to enjoy the ekphrasis type writing
Ray Avatar
August 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Indeed, a wonderful limn in which, blessed as we are with words, you make it come alive and exist beyond the canvas......i hear a murmur afar through the lush vegetation and wonder if the rabbit has come to realize there is another
Dietrich Avatar
August 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Thanks so much
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