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Old 06-26-2010, 09:06 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thomasracer56 View Post
Let's face it, in my perspective, if one makes both poems and songs, then you can consider him/her both, but a song is a song and a poem is a poem, and the most instrument a poem has gotten is a harp, and those days are centuries past. Enough said. The answer is if their writings are that flexible, then call them that if you want.
well, the song 'emily' i posted earlier is set to harp (and 2005 is hardly centuries past) and the songpoems of robert burns are just that, songs and poems and at the same time.
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