Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Yvonne Koolmatrie’s Hot Air Balloon, Queensland Art Gallery Climb on board, dreamers and travellers Whoever you may be, take a journey with me. Feel the woven textures beneath your feet. Smell the Murray River in the weave. Take yourself to the balloon’s edge Feel the breezes through the sedge. Touch…
Power of the People
Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
There’s still a few hours to donate book and toys if you live in Brisbane. I was delighted to drop off some Magic Fish Dreaming books, and cuddly koala soft toys today. Later on I will encourage some of the children and youth I know to think about sending…
Launch of At the End of Holyrood Lane
Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
Brisbane Square Library, Sunday 24th September. It was a very special launch of a delicate book about a difficult subject. At the End of Holyrood Lane is a book intended to open the conversations about domestic violence and the fear it causes for children and the hope that…
The Common Ground
Think of the last time you were afraid, the shortness of breath, the no-please- I-don’t-want-to- feel-that-way-stomach-knots that made it impossible to move and all you did to find courage. Universal courage. Think of the last time love surrounded you and gave you a sense of safety, so much shelter and growth that you just wantedContinue reading “The Common Ground”
Beyond Prejudice
I refuse to see myselfthrough your eyesto let your lensbecome my disguise. I won’t give into its stereotype.I won’t become your lie.My wish for freedomwill not die. You strip me backto my bonesclassify meby skin tones.I am more than my skin;If you look deeperyou could be kin. I cut you adriftdeflect the hurtyou sought toContinue reading “Beyond Prejudice”
June Paisa Perkins 