STORY ONE – CLARA

Originally posted on Tropical Writing Game:
OBJECTIVE: Develop a story about the adventures of a little girl in pink gumboots. This is the story about the girl in the pink gumboots… (c) June Perkins, Prompt So Clara finds herself at the edge of the banana fields wondering how many snakes and spiders and scary animals…

Show not tell poetry4peace

Feeling a little heart-broken with all the despair in so many parts of the world. Time to write lots more #poetry4peace Another bomb another bomb fell on Gaza and more people died more people were feeling anxious about flying breakfast television said it was because of the news and events in Ukraine mothers and childrenContinue reading “Show not tell poetry4peace”

In search of a title

Searching for a title for my memoirs I want it to: 1. Convey my cultural and spiritual heritage 2. Be original 3. Be memorable 4. Be creative 5. Perhaps come from some key phrase in the memoirs itself 6. Honour family, friends and places 7. Have a poetic feel to it 8. Make you wantContinue reading “In search of a title”

Basket of Light

In the late afternoons baskets of light weave themselves into the branches. They catch the sun and make it into petals and stars dancing through circles. I love to watch  for these baskets of light. Click them into my camera and hold them in an image. If only children could climb into them away fromContinue reading “Basket of Light”