Text Box: Jenny McCormick

 

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All audiences get the best
Not just us ‘folkies’ but all the rest
This lass lets lots of listeners
Into the trad/web
The genre’s ambassador
Guaranteed
People listen to her
Hear
All of the story
Eons of glory
From the gory
To the beauty
Whatever the weather
Be it sunshine or showers
Simply and truly
New and out of the blue
And wonder
At her already long history
(More time in the tradition than me)
Elementally ensconced in the ethic
Be re-interpreted
Here’s
Jenny McCormick

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As introduced at the Black Swan Folk Club’s Young Performers Night

Poem 2

 

All of the oral tradition has added its emphasis

Refreshingly singing out

Bringing new bliss

Making forever feel new

And that

Is the epitome of this

This square peg

That just won’t be pigeon-holed

Song is the soul

Beauty the blood

Brought up to believe

Good music is good

And this is

 

Naturally

Instinctively

Simply

Beautifully

Freshly and freely

Moment by moment

Song is here in its element

Having a hold on the timeless trick

‘Forever’ right here

Jenny McCormick