Kat,Those poems are both wonderful! If you can set them to music, perhaps we can get Emily Rain to sing them for us.
"Bingen On the Rhine" reminded me of an old bluegrass tune so I check the DT and, sure enough, It's an ancestor to "The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier" --- a modified version of an Irish varient of the same tune. I have to say the original makes much better poetry.
Thanks,
- Mark