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Music Poems | Examples of Music Poetry

Music Poems - Examples of all types of music poetry to share and read. This list of music poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of music poetry. This list of works about music is an excellent resource for examples on how to write music poems.
Premium Member PLAINSONGISTA
unaccompanied* liturgical melodies sans notation universal utterings of musical uniformity with glee ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Didactic



Premium Member BM IV clasical haydn
Haydn's symphony 45 'Farewell' * ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member The Symphony
Sometimes, always, & rather unsurprisingly, I start to wonder… why...my heart cannot explain, the corporeal notes, of music, in just a droplet, of rain. ...Read the rest...
Categories: music, confusion, extended metaphor, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shredding
Stoic, the mic stand is circumspect of all the energy in the room; Waiting but will not remain unchecked; Calm throughout the process of load in now leading this layout of the stage; Headlining’s a stroke of good fortune; Crowd...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, feelings, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member He Has Only Just Begun
On swift wings, blessed by the light, who pours out the melody, scriptures come to life – in the song, joyful noises, crafted by hope, soothing away the dark, coloring the life in gentle truth, praises poured out, all through...Read the rest...
Categories: music, appreciation, bird, blessing, fate,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member -B R A S S I S T A-
vibrating embouchure harmonically inter- facing metal with flesh in resplendent fanfares ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member BM classical III jenkins
Mass for peace* by Karl Jenkins ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Eurovision Past, Present, Future Poetry Contest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can anyone tell me why does Eurovision exist? The show’s absolute rubbish, but some say it just can’t be missed. The acts are so bad, they’re simply vexing. Makes me wonder, “Why is the show still on the air?” Perhaps...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - M E D I E V A L I S T A -
polyphonic notations vocalised & chanted in monophonic sounds ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member BM clasical I vivaldi
Seasoned Antonio Vivaldi the 'red' priest ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member - PERCUSSIONISTA -
hetrogenuity beating in rhymthmic regularity with a multifarious manner of timpanic pitch & tuned harmoniously ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member BM ecphrasis XII piano
An Einaudi 'Le Onde'* ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Monoku
Crapping Out A Masterpiece, Part II
...Now some may think this trend depressing, there’s this idea our creators’ minds understand things on some deep level when they happen to craft the sublime. But I, as one more wayward writer, find the crapped-masterpiece comforting, since years of work...Read the rest...
Categories: music, art, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Crapping Out A Masterpiece, Part I
It’s funny to look at creatives, painters, writers, musicians and such, look back across their bodies of work, and laugh at how much of it is luck, that things they put their whole soul into now languish deep in obscurity, while...Read the rest...
Categories: music, art, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
The Dance
Looking back On the memory of The dance we shared 'Neath the stars above For a moment All the world was right But how could I have known That you'd ever say goodbye And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, music,
Form: Lyric

Specific Types of Music Poems

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