stars appear
reflected, freshly
pressed–falling
into place
like the Fool’s card—zero played
openly, surprised
The Fool is ever walking beside us, but we are free to choose its wonder and possibility rather than its ignorance and recklessness.
Happy New Year!
K. 
Yes! One man’s fool is another man’s sage. Up to us to choose among all the utterances.
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It is. We need to really listen and look.
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That’s something I’m hearing so often at the moment from so many different people. I hope that means that those who do look and listen are more numerous than I’d thought.
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Happy New Year! Yes, we are free to choose. I like the stars sparkling in your collage.
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Thanks Merril. The stars are always a good beginning point I think.
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Yes, they are.
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Happy New Year! 🙂
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Thanks Frank. May it be a better one for all.
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I like the texture you give The Fool. They aren’t just another pretty face.
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No they are not. Thanks Jade.
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‘The fool is ever walking beside us’ – so true, there were plenty of them huddling up without masks today because of course the virus respects public holidays! Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year Kerfe 😊
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Thanks Ingrid. Some people will never have any sense,
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Ah, yes, the ever-present fool amoung us. I feel sometimes I need only look in the mirror.
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Thanks Yvonne. I think we all do…
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I love the idea of choosing the fool’s sense of wonder and possibility…….awesome! I think it is out of that source that our poems are born.
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Thanks Sherry. The openness is what we need to find words for what we want to say.
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“… Zero played / openly, surprised” — that’s the magic and danger of the Fool. You just can’t tell.
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Sometimes not even in retrospect. Thanks Brendan.
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I’m a bit of a fool myself so this post really appeals. I love your collages.
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Thanks Suzanne. We should always honor our fool.
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Stunning artwork to accompany your stellar words, Kerfe. I love image of freshly pressed stars ‘falling into place like the Fool’s card’. I agree with Brendan about the magic and danger of the Fool.
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Thanks Kim. Everything contains both dark and light.
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Wise clever write… but there is a fool in all of us…
Happy New Year!
Anna :o]
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Thanks Anna. There is indeed.
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