Grass Skirt
Kilt clan patterns
Mother’s hands twisting string for homemade
video to keep tradition strong
Once made from plants now plastic too
Scratching identity from legs to ankles
Calling out for head dress and for beads
Bare feet beating dance on earth
Sway and swish
Past, present and future steps
Given by my mother to say
You are grown
By June Perkins
Australian Children’s Poetry Website 
Reblogged this on Ripple Poetry and commented:
My latest poem published by Australian Children’s Poetry
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Lovely June! and the photo is beautiful too – such movement! is one of the pairs of legs yours?
Virginia – the image is not mine, but one selected by the editor of this site from somewhere else. I do have some photographs of course in my own collections too.
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