My name is Jeanie Axton and I live in Mt Gambier in the Southeast of South Australia. I am married to Nick, and we have three grown up children, five grandchildren, three fur grand babies and a cat, Molly. I was born in Mt Gambier then moved to Adelaide after Year 12 to do my teacher training at Underdale SACAE before taking on many contracts. I currently teach part time currently at St Martins Lutheran College in Mt Gambier.
I have been dabbling in poetry since I was young. Whenever I felt something was worth writing about, I would jot it down and then with the transfer to digital technologies I would keep them in a folder on my laptop. It is only in recent years I felt a desire to share and publish. I have been the 2017 to 2023 Administrator Australian Children’s Poetry Website.
I love writing funny poems. A poetry book that really inspires me is Spike Milligan’s book 1981 book “Unspun socks from a chicken’s laundry”. I think poetry is good fun.
Jeanie Axton

2017
Poems to dogslife.com.au
Administrator for Children’s Poetry Website
Poem “Scoot Scoot” published in The Toy Chest
“The 12 Days of Dogness” published in Christmas Tales (Smashwords network)
Mt Gambier Border Watch “Christmas Parade poem”

2018
Administrator for Children’s Poetry Website
Started with Haiku
Published two poems in Michelle Worthington’s Christmas Anthology
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”

2019
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Kookaburra Haiku published online in Echidna Tracks
Short Tales 5 with “I saw a Muttaburrasauras” March 31 st
Submitted to Echidna Tracks Haikus
Haiku accepted into Echidna Tracks online
Haiku accepted into Windfall paper book
Haiku accepted into Creatrix online
Christmas Tales 4 submitted “Rudolf Shines”

2020
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Poem included in an anthology “Tell ‘em they’re dreaming”

2021
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Poem included in an anthology “Once upon a Whoops”

2023
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Haiku to be published
Anthology Angels Dogs and Socks to be published.

2017 to 2023 Administrator Australian Children’s Poetry Website