‘Paper Boats’ by June Perkins

Originally posted on Australian Children’s Poetry Website:
? 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…

Paper Boats

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
Creative Commons Flickr Geson Ratnow 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 paper…