New scrolls in the fairy houses

Last year, the mother / daughter duo Maternal Mitochondria created an installation of up-cycled metal fairy houses at the Santa Fe Skies RV Park. Inside each miniature dwelling was a little fairy poem on a beautifully wrought scroll that visitors could take out and read.

The installation was a success! In fact, people liked interacting with it so much that they left little tokens of their own: pebbles, pennies, painted rocks, and bits of their own art projects.

This year I was invited to provide the poems for the scrolls — an opportunity for which I’m very grateful, both as a poet and an advocate for poetry in public places.

The Cantina, day and night. Photo courtesy of Maternal Mitochondria.

Cantina poems on suminagashi paper.
Photo courtesy of Maternal Mitochondria.

The Mushroom, day and night. Photo courtesy of Maternal Mitochondria.

Mushroom poems on suminagashi paper.
Photo courtesy of Maternal Mitochondria.

The Cabin.
Photo courtesy of Maternal Mitochondria.

Cabin poems on suminagashi paper.
Photo courtesy of Maternal Mitochondria.

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For information on the creative duo Maternal Mitochondria: maternalmitochondria.com/about/.

For information about Santa Fe Skies RV Park: santafeskiesrvpark.com/about/.

For information on the art of suminagashi: maternalmitochondria.com/2018/09/26/what-is-suminagashi/.

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