08-26-2015, 03:08 PM
Song lyrics (putting quality aside for the moment) have the advantage of music. Any poet worth their weight in words is envious of music's ability to viscerally connect and engage the listener in an almost effortless fashion through beat, rhythm and melody. I sometimes find myself miffed as to why so many poets write without a sense of music, write too "talky" of poetry, too "prosy" of poetry, almost as if to spite the musical element which could potentially be woven within it. I admit to being bored with most poetry that I read for this very reason.
You can't hate me more than I hate myself. I win.
"When the spirit of justice eloped on the wings
Of a quivering vibrato's bittersweet sting."
"When the spirit of justice eloped on the wings
Of a quivering vibrato's bittersweet sting."