Will Dockery
2012-11-14 19:01:29 UTC
"Hieronymous707" <***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f01d9b97-07e9-42f1-8000-***@googlegroups.com...
I'm not arguing with you and I'm not asking you for references on "What is
poetry". All day long I've only been asking you one thing, and that is for
you to simply explain what you meant by your poetry reference with respect
and deference to Ray Stevens who specifically considers himself, his work
and effort to be lyric and song writing rather than poetry.
The simple answer is that poetry and lyrics have been the same, connected,
from the dawn of time, from the dawn of the Muses.
Don't take my word for it, here's how the poetry legend, the late great
It is the lyre, not the garage band, harp, zither, guitar, or even
the single-stringed /samisen/; it is played one note at a time on
open strings in the same manner that harmonics are touched from the
violin or guitar.
The result was lyric /poetry/...
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I'm not arguing with you and I'm not asking you for references on "What is
poetry". All day long I've only been asking you one thing, and that is for
you to simply explain what you meant by your poetry reference with respect
and deference to Ray Stevens who specifically considers himself, his work
and effort to be lyric and song writing rather than poetry.
The simple answer is that poetry and lyrics have been the same, connected,
from the dawn of time, from the dawn of the Muses.
Don't take my word for it, here's how the poetry legend, the late great
Music has /everything/ to do with poetry, as has from day one.
Euterpe alone of the Muses holds a musical instrument.It is the lyre, not the garage band, harp, zither, guitar, or even
the single-stringed /samisen/; it is played one note at a time on
open strings in the same manner that harmonics are touched from the
violin or guitar.
The result was lyric /poetry/...
--
-------(m+
~/:o)_|
If a pome falls in the middle of a library and
the Bishop can't read it, does it still say, "Iamb"?
http://scrawlmark.org
--
Over You / Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars