I plead guilty to this. It started when I heard 'Lord Ullin's Daughter' read at Skipton F.C. and thought that's a ballad that needs a tune.
Next was 'I am the Great Sun', Charles Causley then 'Lambs that Learn to Walk in Snow', Philip Larkin because I thought it such a great little poem that deserved a wider audience. 'Passing Through Woods', Robert Frost, conjures a lovely image of winter and I was determined Not to inflict a melody on it but it crept up on me one night!
My take on 'Ghosts' by Robert Service can be heard at http://www.whitclifferecords.co.uk/#/leap-year-cd/4523136646 where as a song I have retitled it 'Remember Dear'