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Poet deVine
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0 posted 2003-05-01 02:05 AM



Amazing Grace....

In dark of night I sing for you
My voice lifts up in song!

Alone am I in this cold world
Where right is now all wrong

You took my heart and crushed it here
Beneath your heel of scorn

No longer can I bear a pain I’ve known
since the time I was born

So now I retreat within my shell
Let those who shine prevail

I take my leave of heart’s desire
And thus will end my tale.


**

Ok..your turn!! Pick a song and write lyrics for it.


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serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

1 posted 2003-05-01 05:18 AM


Oh-o-lady bright!
I weep your tears
that dripped..down
on me -eeeeee...

I... never guessed
how still the flame
would shine down
on me....


(This does work. If ya call me? I'll sing it to ya. )

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Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg
2 posted 2003-05-03 02:39 PM


A lot of poems can be sung to the tune of Amazing Grace... because Amazing Grace is simply ballad format...

I do like the way this is written, Sharon... the formatting is nice, and the tune of the song is a nice enhancement... but I'll pass on your offer to write new lyrics to a song that already has them, as I used to do that as a habit and have recently overcome it, for what I think is an improvement in my poetry overall...

If you write well to the tune of a song then, I suppose it's a good exercise nonetheless... and I did enjoy this poem.  Nicely done, PDV.  

Parasite

God becomes as
we are that we
may be as he
is
~William Blake

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