The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68167   Message #1145231
Posted By: GUEST
24-Mar-04 - 05:50 PM
Thread Name: Were we ever that young?
Subject: RE: Were we ever that young?
This is probably another thread, but I think what's happening and has been for some time, is a confusion between the traditional roles of poetry and song. I've never claimed to write poetry. I write song lyrics. When someone starts claiming a song lyric is poetry I get uncomfortable. Poetry throughout the ages has been largely about self, song lyric about telling a story. A generalisation I know, but worth debating I think.Things began to get mixed up in the 60's and the problem has now reached epidemic proportions.As a general maxim I feel a poem is the way to look in, and a song is the way to look out....generally!