No, not in the least. She was high 20s early 30s by my guess. I understood her point, which was you can create a good song w/o writing good poetry.
I'm no expert on Jim Morris on, but doesn't he have poetry books published (that have nothing to do w/ his songs?). I don't think she was saying that people who write songs can't write poetry (or vice versa). At 03:04 PM 1/22/2005, you wrote: >Subject: good books? >From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:25:47 -0700 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=15688&forumid=5#143909 > >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&threadi > d=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:5:143911 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
