I always think of myself as a lonely voice in the wilderness reading this thread entitled C. Fox Smith Sea POEMS.
Yes the lady's words convert into some fantastic songs and some fine folk have done that but take time to read them (preferably out loud) without the tune and see how magical they can be without the musical straight-jacket.

Words and music can live together
Please don't get me wrong.
But sometimes we need to remember
The difference between poem and song.

http://allpoetry.com/poem/1760101
Jim