Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section? ( Archived) (14)

Nov 16, 2014 4:03 AM CSTShould written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
DieBeingSilly
DieBeingSillyDieBeingSillyPalmdale, Ca, California, USA3 Threads 3 Polls

Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?(Vote Below)

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Yes
15
38%
No
13
32%
Depends
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30%
Total Votes
40
it's something i am curious about
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Nov 16, 2014 4:52 AM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
Alexandro10
Alexandro10Alexandro10monceaux, Hauts-de-France France36 Threads 17 Polls 1,180 Posts
No. Two different things. I love music/songs and as much as the test is good is two different things.
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Nov 16, 2014 10:03 AM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
GUZMAN1
GUZMAN1GUZMAN1Barcelona, Catalonia Spain65 Threads 44 Polls 5,101 Posts
I wrote "depends" because at least who post another people's lyrics should explain it.
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Nov 16, 2014 10:35 AM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
I think you have to mentioned who wrote it

is all about copyrights
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Nov 16, 2014 10:38 AM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
I do believe in copyrights...is your writing

and to use your lyrics, needs your permission
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Nov 16, 2014 10:40 AM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
mollybaby
mollybabymollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 Posts
The poetry section is for original work.

If you wrote the song lyrics yourself, then go for it.
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Nov 16, 2014 10:45 AM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
bungallow55
bungallow55bungallow55Lakeland, Florida USA238 Threads 10 Polls 3,837 Posts
DieBeingSilly: it's something i am curious about


if you write song lyrics or poem

and someone else is profiting from your work

you'll fight till the end.
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Nov 23, 2014 12:13 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
The songs I hear today don't have much poetry in them unless it's like the the good old songs that were real.
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Nov 23, 2014 12:20 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
Cuteangel1127
Cuteangel1127Cuteangel1127Fort Wayne, Indiana USA1 Threads 7 Posts
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.
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Dec 17, 2014 1:04 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
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.
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Dec 17, 2014 1:14 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
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....confused
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Dec 17, 2014 1:16 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
mollybaby: The poetry section is for original work.

If you wrote the song lyrics yourself, then go for it.
I've quoted other works in that section, but it does say that it is for CS members original work. You are correct, my dear. teddybear
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Dec 17, 2014 1:21 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
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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Dec 17, 2014 1:23 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
The whole is in one great big mess and someone wants an opinion of whether or not certain things should be in the poetry section.

Geesh.Can't some people make their own decisions anymore.Isn't that what being an adult all a bout.
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Dec 17, 2014 1:23 PM CST Should written song lyrics be allowed in the poetry section?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
Ccincy: The whole world is in one great big mess and someone wants an opinion of whether or not certain things should be in the poetry section.

Geesh.Can't some people make their own decisions anymore.Isn't that what being an adult all a bout.
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