Song Trails revisits the Cassowary Coast

Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
At Song Trails, a three day workshop created for the Queensland Music Festival, attendees were asked to move out of their comfort zones by working with people they didn’t know as well as with new combinations of instruments and voice to create new songs. Young worked with old,…

Look – Don’t Touch

Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
Mum has always loved gardens.  She used to stop and knock on our neighbours’ doors when their gardens had plants with brilliant potential cuttings.   Then she would ask ‘Do you mind if I take a cutting?’ She came equipped with her own garden gloves, shears and buckets. …

Listening Divas

Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
When we were young, Dad told us bed time stories. They were always silly with us in starring roles. Dad liked Spike Milligan and AA Milne. Sometimes he’d recite his favourite poems and direct them to one of us. Snatches of AA Milne come back to me at…

Workshop Review – Powers of Poetry

Originally posted on Ripple Poetry :
‘I was delighted to attend Dr June Perkins’s short poetry workshop at Ink of Light, the Baha’i Writers Festival held in Brisbane this year. June’s passion and love of this art form was infectious as she led us through an historical overview of poetry featuring beautiful and significant works from…