Originally posted on Magic Fish Dreaming:
It is with great sadness that I pay my regards to the Sweeting Family, for the sudden and unexpected loss of their mother, and grandmother Dot. Dot was a lover of books, especially those with a Far North Queensland setting and author. She set up the Local Authors Network…
Recognition
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Image by June Perkins ? Recognition poetry of the fallen patterns of remembrance Released ? By June Perkins
Submissions Week
This was a watershed week of submissions for me. I have spent most of the year reworking and editing a number of promising writing pieces, and working out whether some earlier projects are short stories, picture books or novels. Sometimes I don’t know in the early drafts what the final form will be. Each pieceContinue reading “Submissions Week”
“Obligation of the Octopus” by Dr June Perkins
Originally posted on Australian Children’s Poetry:
Obligation of the Octopus ? Arms with minds of their own. A body that can morph through openings. ? Three hearts beating boom, boom, boom to the call of the ocean. ? Like escapologists obligated when opportunity presents itself to freedom beyond the tank. ? Blue blood beating,…
Finding the Heart
The last few months I have been revisiting picture book drafts and short stories, that didn’t feel like they were quite there yet. Something special was missing. I just couldn’t put my finger on it. But I didn’t want to give up on the potential. I had to have a huge break from them toContinue reading “Finding the Heart”
June Paisa Perkins 