Words, music, and national poetry month
Music and poetry have much in common -- and many differences as well. As the United States is marking national poetry month in April, I invite you to reflect and consider what those connections and differences might be, as you also consider this statue of Robert Burns, taken on a foggy morning in Glasgow -- as he might be contemplating twenty first century Glasgow city center.
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10 Comments:
didn't realize it was national poetry month, thanks for the reminder...and nice moody photo too.
Beutiful blog with lots of cool stuff.
Interesting to think that even as an English major and inveterate reader, I prefer listening to music to reading straight books of poetry. There might be more beautiful turns of phrase in a poem, but something about a perfectly crafted pop song will get me every time.
I remember driving by that statue!
Beautiful picture. I didn't realize it was National Poetry month either. My daughter loves writing poetry and it's so much fun to sit down with her and let her read it.
Yes, writing poetry and writing lyrics are very different. When I wrote lyrics, I was given the melody first. That's one big difference. Interesting to note that poetry got a big push this year when someone famous, whose name escapes me, left a very large amount of money to the National Poetry Foundation, or whatever the poetry association of the USA is called. I always liked the project I witnessed one year in Paris, France, where poems were posted in the subway to encourage people to read poetry.
Ah, poetry. Something I keep saying I need to take up, as I understand it helps you to become a much more concise, thoughtful writer. Thanks for the reminder, Kerry. Beautiful, moody photo too.
Poetry is an amazing craft/art...the words but also the meaning. Some poetry tends to be very literary and thus harder for the reader to find a way in...sometimes. In a way, when reading poems I have to kind of "let go" and let my mind relax. Then the meaning seems to emerge in a piece.
National Poetry Month! Very cool, and yes, great reminder to think about some of my favorite songwriter/poets. Does Tom Waits qualify? Yes, I think so. Alison Krause springs to mind, too.
My musician son is doing some songwriting. I'm trying to convince him that a poetry class would be a valuable use of his time!
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