I see you
Writing is
From Delia
Hope
For more information on soon to be released book
Illuminations
For more on how this particular poem was inspired
Illuminations
My new poetry book, Illuminations is about to be released.
This collection captures the wonder of the act of creation,
the burst of excitement associated with the birth of the new,
and the challenges and sacrifice involved in bringing inspiration to fruition.
Launching June 20, 2020
Author: June Perkins
Illustrators: Ruha and Minaira Fifita
Target Age: 13 to 100 years plus
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780980731194 (paperback)
ISBN: 9780648720508 (hard cover, dustcover)
6 X 9 inches
Publication Date: 20/6/2020
80 pages
Price:
$23.95 AUD Paperback
$36.95 AUD Hardcover
Illuminations: 19 poems, 1 story on its way soon!
More news on my latest poetry collection soon. Launching June 2020. This is a sneak peek of the back cover.
Coil of Light
Collaboration of Poetry and Art
I am presently working on a chapbook of poems accompanied by some black and white illustrations from Ruha Fifita. Working title The Dreamers.
This work is inspired by poems I exhibited during the Illumine Exhibition.
Some of the poems reflect my spiritual upbringing as a Baha’i and depict stories from Baha’i history.
I have spent some time inviting friends of different religious and spiritual backgrounds to respond to these works, and thank them for their input into being beta readers for the poems. They have asked some beautiful questions that have assisted me in the process of poetry as building a bridge of understanding.
I read some of them at the Ink of Light Festival as well.
I was very keen to work with someone who has a diverse background, and for Ruha to give a visual contemporary Pacific feel to this work.
We don’t have an exact publication date yet, but will let you know once it is more planned.
Absolutely love collaborating with my creative friends and enjoyed working with Ruha last year.
The work has already passed the Baha’i Review process, but just working out the best format and platforms for publishing and distribution of the work.
June
Meditation Showed Me
Latest Contribution to Nineteen Months.
(c) June Perkins
Meditation showed me: Mercy to light is shade, to darkness is light, to the miserable is joy, to night is day, to drought is rain, to floods is the sun, to suffering is beauty and in that meditation came this bird – the inward light of fire, walking in the spiritual waters of the soul.
“My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Hidden Words
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