Writing | Pearlz Dreaming

Walking into Light - By June Perkins

In the last few months I have been mostly privately writing poems about the experience of Yasi and its aftermath.

I haven’t been sharing too many of them on my blog or anywhere for that matter but here are two recent ones, which are about the experience of being more fully recovered and whole since the cyclone.

I am developing both of these into songs and recently sang Shadows into Light to the Licuala Winq Writers.

11.11.11 November Song

I’m thinkin’of the houses that lost their rooves

All the world’s children who lose their homes

I’m thinkin’of the songmakers tryin’change the world

Dylan and his questions blowin’ in the wind

All those November songs we sing

All those moments happenin’right now

Songs come now clear the pain

Wash away memories in the rain

I’m seein’ the buildings slowly rising up

I’m rememberin’ things that came and knocked them down.

I’m thinkin’ of people healing broken hearts

Practical angels giving people their wings

I’m thinkin’ of red poppies for each soldier lost

Grieving young widows and what wars cost

Can’t stop dreaming

Can’t stop believin’

Can’t stop buildin’

Must go on hopin’

For

love

answers

life

laughter

dreams

calm

and peace

Tree Reaching - June Perkins

Shadows into Light

There are days when you can play

with shadows to see the light

You can find these on the journeys past cane and

fallen down trees

Life has corners you can’t see

Twists and turns

Still photography

Sometimes we don’t see connections

We go and miss

the shimmering

Sometimes we don’t see the beauty

We’ve forgotten how to feel

You can chase the sunlight across the window panes

You can turn them into anything you want

Climb and clamber

Shine and Sway

In the forests

Light the way

Capture a glimpse of connection

Dream of nature’s rhapsody

Make this a day to remember

Chase the shadows into light

Sometimes we don’t see connections

We miss the shimmerings

Sometimes we don’t see the beauty

We’ve forgotten how to feel

Make this a day to remember

Chase the shadows into light (repeat to fade)

Joe with picture of Pam when she was younger... by gumbootspearlz creations - June Perkins

Joe with picture of Pam when she was younger…, a photo by gumbootspearlz creations – June Perkins on Flickr.

Yes, my guest blogging for abcopen continues – what a great bunch those producers are – busy creating, workshopping and out and about getting to know the community.They inspire me to do the same.

Mick, Leandro, Sonya, Miranda, Benji, watch out for all these names I am sure they will produce many great stories. Their short videos are gems in my daily websurfing.

I love interviewing people and sharing their stories.

This picture at the top of this blog is of Joe Galeano a recent interviewee.

I was lucky as Pam introduced me to her husband Joe and although I didn’t know him that well by the end of the interiew I had a lot of insights into Pam and Joe’s life in the country and living through cyclones.You can find my latest blog up now and soon there will be some videos! I have been working on mastering pinnacle editing programs.

At first it was tricky but it is getting easier. Once I master the basics I am keen to go on and do more complicated stuff.

You can read my latest guest blog:

http://open.abc.net.au/projects/aftermath-08vh8ac/posts/pam-joe-and-the-mighty-yasi-00fi7yg