Poems and lyrics are all about feeling. I dont think limiting people to just original work is an open minded way of thinking. With that said, I think that credit should be given where it is due. Dont just take over someone elses work.
I guess there will be differing opinions about this, but coming at it purely from a point of language and metre, i cant see a problem, the quality of some lyric writing can be by its very nature poetic....
a favorite lyric of mine would be from a song called 'crystal gazing' taken from an album by Be Bop Deluxe, and just shows how lyrical language can be, when used by an artist (in this case Bill Nelson)...
The man who owned the heartache That lived on the stairs... Passed me in the night whistling "Memories of You"...
I stared, too frightened to move For fear my eyes shone a light On the darkness he drew like a cloak All around his shoulders...
And the church on the corner Marked the time for the mother Who was giving birth to a child across the hall...
And I waited half in anger, half in sadness For an answer to the call for help I had written on the wall
And the rain fell like jewels On the heads of all the fools Who wandered crazed with their souls ablaze for me...
And the blessing of the hour Was the twilight and the tower With its golden bell from the bottom of the sea...
And the moon through the window of the bedroom Where lovers slumbered Made a silver dance of such dust beneath the bed...
And I waited for a moment in the lamplight, Crystal gazing Listening to their hearts And the changing of their breath.
Listening to their hearts And the changing of their breath.
Alexandro10: No. Two different things. I love music/songs and as much as the test is good is two different things.
Many songs and ballads and odes and cants were poems, first, so why not? ((What's the big deal, anyhow?)) gee, things are out of control all over, and the kerfuffle is about poetry vs. songs? Okie-dokie....
rohaan: Many songs and ballads and odes and cants were poems, first, so why not? ((What's the big deal, anyhow?)) gee, things are out of control all over, and the kerfuffle is about poetry vs. songs? Okie-dokie....
amendment: question was "Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section"? After reading the heading, I would say, yes, if those lyrics are your own. (I guess.....) In any event, if a member feels so compelled to use someone else's work anyway, {such as Keats or Byron) the appropriate credit needs to be given. For example, if I were to say , "Et tu, Brute", I would need to also type, W. Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar".
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Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?(Vote Below)