# Cheshire Smile Poem by Sonya Florentino
# Cheshire Smile
(with apologies to Leonardo da Vinci)
What is it with the Cheshire Cat
and that confounding smile
That so beguiled me long ago as a child
Unlike Mona Lisa's, it remains a mystery
Between the Cheshire Cat
And now the grown-up me
What is it about that maddening
maddening! smile
After all these years
After all this time...
© 2009 Sonya Florentino
(the Cheshire Cat is a character in Lewis Carroll's book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ' a book that has made a lasting impact on me more than any other book read as a child)
so strange that an image can enrapt a childs mind so much with wonder that it gently haunts into adulthood....intriguing...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/5/2024 3:48:49 PM # 1.0.0.1119
A nostalgic piece about an elusive character that I too remember with great fondness and curiosity. Your capacity to grasp a thought, savor it and put it to paper is admirable. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥