Tag: Abena Songbird

These poems offer surprising images that are stunning and fresh. . . new songs to our ears. It’s like being in a circle, hearing the diversity of metaphors, from the street to the forest, from a fresh water river to the sewers of a city. . . Abena Songbird’s voice is daring and real. –Janice… Continue reading Bitterroot

Abena Songbird, is a songwriter, singer, poet, and member of the Missisquoi Abenaki tribe of Vermont. When she lived in Oakland, she worked with the Upper Room and performedwith her band, The Songbird and the Moor. Her CD is entitled They’re Calling Us Home is available fom Freedom Voices. More recently Abena has worked for… Continue reading Abena Songbird