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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
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.... Elton John..(and Bernie Taupin the lyricist).. meaning of the songs and the lyrics. Especially when it came to the song "Daniel". There's a story there, but the lyrics alone just don't tell it to me..
For me, Poetry is just isn't enough for me to work with, no matter how well put together or pretty sounding.
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What an incredible song that is. Bernie is an incredible songwriter! And Elton is no slouch either!
You guys make me sad about the poetry comments, but I know that that feeling is exactly why poetry is not more well known, read, available. There are some amazing poets out there doing wonderful work and it's not the cryptic academic krap that most people think of after being forced to read ancient poetry in weird dialects.
Things like Lee Young Li, Dorianne Laux, Ted Kooser, Sandra Cisneros
Check out some of the poets and poems from my poetry page:
http://www.kacweb.com/poems/poetrylinks.html
Here's one of my favorites from Ted Kooser (recent poet laurette of the U.S.A.):
Selecting A Reader
First, I would have her be beautiful,
and walking carefully up on my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for the cleaners.
She will take out her glasses, and there
in the bookstore, she will thumb
over my poems, then put the book back
up on its shelf. She will say to herself,
"For that kind of money, I can get
my raincoat cleaned." And she will.
Ted Kooser
(BTW, April is National Poetry Month.
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http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41