Josephine Jacobsen

1908 - 2003

Josephine Jacobsen served as Poet Laureate from 1971 to 1973. Her poetry has been set to music by Jean Eichelberger Ivey.

Photo: Josephine Jacobsen, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Composers who set Jacobsen's TEXTS (entered to date)
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  • In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems
    Josephine Jacobsen

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  • The Instant of Knowing: Lectures, Criticism, and Occasional Prose (Poets on Poetry)
    Josephine Jacobsen

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