it’s easy
to say no—but what
does that word
really mean,
exactly?—“not now”?—“never”?–
“I don’t understand”?—
“I don’t want
to deal with it”?—what
lies between
the letters,
the sounds hard and long? if you
take away the n
what is left?–
only a surprise,
a sense of
wonder—worlds
filled with possibility–
the magic of ”o!”
The Kick-About prompt this week features a photo of the Cottingley fairies, above, taken by two girls in England in 1917. Looking at the photo from the vantage point of digital manipulation in 2020, it’s easy to laugh at the fact that anyone could have actually believed that they were “real”. And yet…
(and here I find I must make more birdlings)
Are fairies true? Are birdlings?
K. 
!!! Magic !!!
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Thanks Phil!
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Close to where I live is an area of nature called Fairyland! I’ve heard various people from diverse backgrounds in this town maintain there are fairies here. I don’t see how one can believe otherwise. Also, in a book called San Michele by Axel Munthe there’s an episode where a fairy featured. The artist Martina Abromovic, a Pole, tells of an incident in her childhood where she found an area of tiny grass clumps, tied so to form a house. Once she poked her finger at one and a little creature ran out. So there. As to birdlings … absolutely!
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Thanks Petru. The sightings are too numerous to ignore. Of course you need to be open to seeing them.
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A lovely poem and collage, Kerfe. I have also done a post for this Kick-Off.
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Thanks Robbie, I was pleased to see you had done so.
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I certainly believe in birdlings!
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How could you not?
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Exactly 😉
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I love this, Kerfe–words and image. Such beautiful colors.
In our crazy, upside-down world, where it’s hard to know what is true, why not fairies and birdlings?
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I agree. The fairies made me think of the birdlings, and I spent a happy weekend making them. Now I have them to work with whenever the need arises.
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A win-win!
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I don’t believe but I really enjoy your depictions.
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Thanks Claudia.
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Are faeries and birdlings real? Real enough as one of my old online acquaintances used to say. I know that Japanese belief system has mushi-shi which are bright lights with spirit life. (my description not theirs) Their stories are rich with spirits! I love your new birdlings and love the background they are on. And “O” the quantum leap of but a letter ❤
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Thanks Jade. I like Japanese spirits too. I think we’re mostly too self-involved to see all the layers of the world.
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I believe you are right.
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Yes, to faeries and birdlings!! A delightful post, Kerfe. 🧚♀️🧚♂️
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Thanks Betty. All we need to do is look!
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