Priority of Music over Poetry

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Priority of Music over Poetry

Troy
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since 2006-06-04

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0 posted 2006-06-17 03:25 AM

Poetry may be a vision of the spirit's goal
But Music is a power created by the soul.
Implanted there a vector to the Word
As though God had spoken
In commandments to be heard.

jody5
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since 2005-12-21

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1 posted 2006-06-17 04:04 AM

I couldn't have said it better. Nice write. I'm a songwriter and a poet too.

Huggs Kimberly

Jess
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since 2006-06-06

Posts 243
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2 posted 2006-06-17 11:44 PM

I can identify with this. I have so many words, but I cant seem to find a melody...

Will Rhyme
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since 2006-05-22

Posts 149

3 posted 2006-06-17 11:46 PM

"Music... begins with Words"

John Lennon (1964)

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

4 posted 2006-06-17 11:57 PM

Ah, for me, all worthwhile creative endeavors
originate from the heart and soul,
be they of sculpting, painting, writing
musical composition, performance...whatever form.

A thought provoking write, Troy.

Troy
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since 2006-06-04

Posts 52
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5 posted 2006-06-18 02:50 AM

Jody5 ~
Thank you! Appreciate the comment!

Jess ~
You'll forgive me if I don't agree with your statement!

Midnitesun ~
You're right of course! But one can't forget that it is the brain which sweats to forge what the heart and soul desires. This at least is the one absolute for ALL the greater and lesser lights in creative history.

Will Ryme ~
It is 'sound' and the way it is inflected into perceived reality which renders the word and it's meaning. Music, in short, precedes the word because by necessity it must eventually create it. The ancient poets 'sang' their verse, they did not 'speak it'. The Cosmos itself has been described as a great fuge or symphony, that is, an entity created by vibration which rendered a Universe as though it were a mural on the Sistine. Music doesn't mean just dancing to a waltz or a song written and sung by John Lennon regardless of anything he may have thought. He was not a man to do much thinking but nevertheless, he did have an effect on his age. You may have noticed, I was excluded!

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