Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Image by June Perkins This week I have been playing with metaphors. Metaphors give us a memorable comparison to understand something which seems inexpressible at a deep level. Some metaphors have been so used that there have become clichés; so as I write I have to approach them with care…
‘Paper Boats’ by June Perkins
Originally posted on Australian Children’s Poetry:
? Paper boats conjure dreams of petals soaked by scents of the ocean. ? Traveling boats float in shadows people who have a simple hope for happy lands, ? but white markers sink in sandy earth marking graves of people who cannot resist new germs. ? ‘Once watched…
World Refugee Day — Educate.Empower.
Encouraging empathy in children through story! Check out some of the books reviewed at the Educate, Empower blog. Today is world refugee day Refugees are a real, current and terrible problem that we have in our world and possibly one that will get worse if war continues, water rises in low lying islands of theContinue reading “World Refugee Day — Educate.Empower.”
Ink of Light – Some Highlights
Originally posted on Magic Fish Dreaming:
(Image credit: Ian Hallmond) In May I presented at the Ink of Light Festival, A Writing Festival to empower authors of Baha’i background; this was the first festival of its kind in Australia. Bahai’s are from a rich diversity of cultural and spiritual backgrounds and this can be expressed…
Paper Boats
Originally posted on Magic Fish Dreaming:
Image by Geson Ratow ? Paper boats conjure dreams of petals soaked by scents of the ocean. Traveling boats float in shadows people who have a simple hope for happy lands, but white markers sink in sandy earth marking graves of people who cannot resist new germs. ‘Once watched…
June Paisa Perkins 