fwiw I took a poetry class that included Jim Morrison, so possibly your teacher was an old fogey or old fogette? I'd also like to nominate the Indigo Girls, though a lot of their stuff really speaks specifically to women.
Dana On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:42:06 -0500, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I took a "poetry" class in college. It was very odd for a CS major to be > in a high level English course. The teacher comes in, looks around, and > says hi. And I'm thinking "cut with the pleasantries, where is my syllabus." > > The teacher was very adamant that poetry and lyrics were very different > things; and that poetry may not make a good song and lyrics would rarely > pass as poetry. > > That said, I'm sure that studying one could help with the other. What > you want to pick apart will widely depend on personal taste, I'm > sure. Dare I recommend taking a look at some songwriter poetry books, such > as Jewel or Jim Morrison? > > At 01:04 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote: > >Subject: good books? > >From: Phill B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:16:38 -0600 > >Thread: > >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=15688&forumid=5#143906 > > > >I'm wanting to hone my song writing skills by reading other peoples > >poetry. I need to pick apart other peoples techniques so I can improve > >my own. > > > >I'm not sure what I'm looking for so I'm pretty open to suggestions. > >If it helps, I just got done reading a lot of Kurt Vonnegut and just > >started Walden by Thoreau. > > > >-- > >Phillip B. > > > -- > Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> > My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> > My Energetic Acoustic Rock Band: <http://www.farcryfly.com> > -- > When did Reality Become TV > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143909 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
