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Quote by Jenny O.

“When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.”

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Jenny O. is a talented songwriter whose works are highly praised for their unique style and profound emotional expression. Although her personal biography is limited, her musical career has already showcased her artistic talent and passion for music. more

“After my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things and there was an anthology without any names attached to it and I read a poem called Spellbound and I somehow attached it to my grandfather's death and I thought my grandfather had written it.”

Book House Names Written My Family Died Grandfather My Grandfather Basements Anthology Father Died Grandfather Died

Author:Edward Hirsch

“I didn't sit down then and start writing poems, but it was in the back of my mind.”

Writing Mind Of My Mind Writing Poems

Author:Edward Hirsch

“In high school I was leafing through an anthology that our teachers had given up and I found a poem, I go, "That's so strange. This poem looks so much like my grandfather's poem."”

Looks School Found Given Teacher Strange High School Grandfather Given Up My Grandfather Anthology

Author:Edward Hirsch

“Then I found another one, grandpa's poem. It turned out it had been written by Emily Brontë and it wasn't my grandfather's poem at all, although my response to it, I think, was pretty much the same, I just had the author wrong.”

Thinking Found Written Response Grandfather My Grandfather Emily Grandpa

Author:Edward Hirsch