Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Margaret Barr’s “Strange Children” [ballet], 1955 / photographer unknown With her forked stick she walks the surface of the drought. She walks the future of their farms calling water to sing through the twig wherever it may be. She looks for The Dog stars in the…
Rain or Shine Sprout Sunday is on!
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After Yasi
Originally posted on After Yasi:
Could you find your smile again when everything around you looked smashed and splintered after a cyclone? The memory of that Yasi filled cyclone night is something that will never be fully erased, but the kindness since shown is something that with time will be more powerful. This book illustrates…
In a Gentle Way Shake the World
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June Perkins © “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” –Mahatma Gandhi I matched this quote and image, because the gentle art of henna, can be a way for people to spend time together to build friendship and community. We had a henna workshop recently, which uplifted all…
Responding to Art with the Written Word
I have made significant progress on a poetry project, writing poems for The Words and Pictures project at QAGOMA. Which is just as well as there are just four days left for my final selections and edits. Some of the works have inspired more than one poem. One even inspired four pieces. I now have to selectContinue reading “Responding to Art with the Written Word”
June Paisa Perkins 