I am on a blog and social media break, to dream and plan for next year. I will be back sometime in January. For now I am: Drawing up designs for puppets and making them. Whilst preparing for readings by the river under a tree in January. Reading a book for the children’s multicultural bookContinue reading “Planning and Dreaming myself a mermaid”
Short Listed!
So delighted to receive a short listing for a middle grade fiction story in the Scribbles Creative Writing Awards. June Perkins, Chosen. A warm congratulations to all winners, short listers, entrants and thank you to the judges for their feedback on my story. To see the rest of the Hall of Famers and to findContinue reading “Short Listed!”
Poetry and Puppets Enhancing the Storytelling Process
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
I am on a quest to make some puppets for an upcoming storytelling in January! I haven’t made these since my children were little, and then I don’t think I was very ambitious. Pinterest has been wonderful for inspiration and I have now set up a special pinboard devoted to…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas
(Not quite everyone could make the launch but we were thinking of them!) It was a joyful, festive atmosphere in which we celebrated the official launch of It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas at the Grandview Hotel, Cleveland. And such a delight to hear people read their work. Contributions varied from gentle poemsContinue reading “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”
Threads
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Time threads me into you Stars salt me with the blue Time traps me in your silk Stars sweet me with your song Fish threads me into net Ocean salts me with your loss Song sings me into sorrows Time hooks me into blue It threads me into you It…
June Paisa Perkins 