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Music Poems | Examples of Music Poetry

Music Poems
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.
If A Musicbox Was Cold Language
... I live then by the cold while in Summer Would that I could back these places in time — Even its iron still buried in ice There on my skin, the buttoned September. — Tongue chases the buds...Read the rest...
Categories: music, angst, child, conflict, innocence,
Form: Hybronnet
MUSICAL EUPHORIA
Angelic melody play to thy senses, Rejuvenating with a magic wand's hold, Metamorphosing withered leaves to vibrant hues, Breathing life into a soul once cold. Lulling a baby to a dreamer’s paradise, ...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Rhyme



Chittarra Boralis
Gentoo Adelie one must wish to know. One must want to see the sights the ages of unseen areas. There for al men to Marvel the Creation only seen by God. Here I present to you from the angular spectrum of loght might...Read the rest...
Categories: music, adventure, animal, appreciation, crazy,
Form: Bio
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A smoky vignette opens up, as if morning fog over the mountain valleys blown by winter winds. Piano notes pulsing in a melancholic, waltz~ like...Read the rest...
Categories: music, art, change, clothes, culture,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love Strum
He played my love just like a beautiful, moving harp song. He played with my body until our bond became so strong. He played me to the rhythm of our love song in which we belong....Read the rest...
Categories: music, boyfriend, first love, love,
Form: Sijo



Hillbilly Hollows
Down in Hillbilly Hollow, under the silver moon, Rustlin' leaves and hootin' owls, playin' a country tune. Haystacks high, and the creek runs low, Life rolls by, nice and slow. Dirt road windin', bend to bend, Kin and friends 'round...Read the rest...
Categories: guitar, music,
Form: Lyric
Dancing In The Rhythm
She tried not to dance the rhythm Couldn't hold back anymore the beating Facial expression, priceless now in motion. She tried to fight and release the urge Perchance dancing without inhibition Thinking the moves through its rhythm. She's now dancing with...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, inspiration, motivation, music,
Form: Free verse
Milton of Croton
Which speaks: or yo whom is in concern competion among contenders to be champion one must wait his turn ranked among the best one must chore and labor to stand head tall above the rest one must toil and labor ...Read the rest...
Categories: music, america, community, food, history,
Form: Bio
Premium Member CHANCES ARE
elements of a whole different   each time played   recorded impressed or  created improvised ideas   thoughts of the moment unique   unrepeatable aleatory features  improvised    fragments to introduce   variability of short patterns  without coordination a blur of  possibilities on a roundabout of chance...Read the rest...
Categories: art, music,
Form: Didactic
Concusse of More
The Witches of Garais or the Strega opened an area centered in a bean feild were they invited men from around the world to join the Opera Orchastra The Muses of Men the would have them to perform as they would...Read the rest...
Categories: music, beauty, culture, devotion, image,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member A Thought Drifts By
A thought drifts by on the breath of the sky Not knowing if ‘tis a treasure nor having time...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, food, music, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Mozart Effect
Notes float, invisible waves Crashing over our consciousness Mozart's melodies tip scales in our heads Unlocking doors we didn't know existed Thoughts stretching, tension building Music breaks chains of the mundane Time shifts, stress runs Life finds...Read the rest...
Categories: music, hope, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Musical History
As the conductor lifts his baton to begin my heartrate speeds up and the magic begins as my fingers fly over the strings and my bow glides as the music ebbs and flows through the piece that was written...Read the rest...
Categories: music,
Form: Free verse
Snoring serenity
Snoring Serenity! The slumbering scent of flowers/ in the valleyside villages sprout/ lyrics through photosynthetic process/ for butterflies to cluster with love/ and pollinate with caress/. The moon in the cloudless night/ snores serenity with its shiny light/ to the world in perfect...Read the rest...
Categories: music, 12th grade, africa, art,
Form: Free verse
The Wrong Notes
An orchestra in Melbourne Is embroiled in a dispute With a concert pianist who had A horn he had to toot. He told the audience he’d play, Not Mozart, as was planned, But new music as a tribute And he...Read the rest...
Categories: music, political,
Form: Rhyme

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