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   "Hieronymous707"  wrote in message   
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   I'm not arguing with you and I'm not asking you for references on "What is   
   poetry". All day long I've only been asking you one thing, and that is for   
   you to simply explain what you meant by your poetry reference with respect   
   and deference to Ray Stevens who specifically considers himself, his work   
   and effort to be lyric and song writing rather than poetry.   
      
   The simple answer is that poetry and lyrics have been the same, connected,   
   from the dawn of time, from the dawn of the Muses.   
      
   Don't take my word for it, here's how the poetry legend, the late great   
   Dennis M. Hammes put it:   
      
   > Music has /everything/ to do with poetry, as has from day one.   
      
      
      
   Euterpe alone of the Muses holds a musical instrument.   
   It is the lyre, not the garage band, harp, zither, guitar, or even   
   the single-stringed /samisen/; it is played one note at a time on   
   open strings in the same manner that harmonics are touched from the   
   violin or guitar.   
   The result was lyric /poetry/...   
      
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