Poetry and lyrics are two different things. Rarely can you take a poem and make it into a song, at least not with out a rewrite, and most of the time lyrics does not sound all that good read as a poem. I am not a poetry lover, hated it in school, still I started writing lyrics. Lyrics are more restrictive than poems, it has to fit with music. Poetry has more freedom and a number of styles. If I try to write a poem, it always turns into a song lyric, I want it to rhyme and have lines to match the other verses so it will work with music. Poetry has it's own music in the rhythm of the words and doesn't need music to support it.

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