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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 old time religion
old time religion knee slapping hand clapping songs the old rugged cross when the saints came marching in the best kind of praise indeed...Read the rest...
Categories: christian, music,
Form: Tanka



Cogent and the Diligent Gentlemen
The emblem on the pendant was new to all of the professors they sorted every detail from end to end they sampled and examined until were lofted dumbfounded. a miracle: something that made all in attendance stop to notice. They looked one another in...Read the rest...
Categories: culture, film, music,
Form: Bio
Premium Member -S T R I N G I S T A -
commisioned narrative orchestration lyrically & poetically scored instrumentally programed in rhythimic harmony homogenously mimicing the voice sans a ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member BM VIII ecphrasis piano
A Well tempered clavier* by Sebastian Bach ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Razzmatazz
Season your salads Spice them up with reggae Same goes for entrées Mademoiselle gourmet ...Read the rest...
Categories: food, music, proposal,
Form: Rhyme



Wanting everything about You
Horween she demanded a suit fabulous and refined I wish to be outstanding revered and defined Shangtung shirt to clothes me a worthy fabricated brand then my date shall recognize me than I might be new to his positioning Harto the days when I never knew you now I'm blessed...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, happy, love, music,
Form: Ballad
Thought I'd wite a song for you coloratura
Inspired by fiction nevermind the details I wrote a song I thought you'd want to hear ah song all without controversy sumthang pleasant to hear sumthang to sing to your lover so they'll know you are sincere ah sweet sweet simple tune everyone would like to hear I just thought I'd write a...Read the rest...
Categories: music, culture, dance, film, language,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member -CHORALISTA-
polyphonic in voice &sound homphony phrasing in simultaneous rhythms of ...Read the rest...
Categories: music, voice,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member BM VII ecphrasis piano
Claude's 'Au Claire de lune'* ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member A Whole Lot of Cruis’n Going On
Who could cruise on in, play Jerry Lee? One deck is frozen, in disbelief. A titanic hit off the old block. Fingers grooving, what a shock. He’s not jealous of Billy Joel, he’s his own piano man. I took a seat, many took an aisle, caught off...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Robert Zimmerman American Poet
Robert Zimmerman American Poet Heard the tambourine man play today as I was knockin’ on heaven’s door. Like a rolling stone she could not stay. Her boots of spanish leather made me sore. I was knockin’ on heaven’s door, old mighty Quinn...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Pantoum
Tears In Heaven
Would you know my name? If I saw you in heaven Would it be the same? If I saw you in heaven I must be strong and carry on cuz I know I don't belong...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, music,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member WHEN SILENCE SPEAKS
. . . . . . . . . 4'33' John Cage* . . . . . ...Read the rest...
Categories: music, satire,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member BM VI ecphrasis piano
Scumann's creative piano technique* ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Frankenstein Sinatra
You’ve really done it this time Frank. You’ve made the worst mess ever seen - A monster, hideous and rank, A disaster, vile and obscene. For yourself, what d’ya have to say? Well, says Frank, “I did it my...Read the rest...
Categories: music, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Music Poems

Read wonderful music poetry on the following sub-topics: appreciation, beautiful, country, free verse, funeral, haiku, inspirational, life, limerick, love, related, rock, rhyme, simile, teacher, and more.

Definition | What is Music in Poetry?


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