Poems and songwriting go hand in hand, so it's no wonder musicians are able to pen a great piece of literature. Here we count ...

Music and poetry are sister arts—a truism embedded in the word "lyric." But what, exactly, do the sisters share? Opinions vary. For instance, "What is the difference between lyric poetry and ...

And her poems have also drawn the attention of Yiddish musical artists, who find in her work themes and imagery of remarkable contemporary resonance. Two new Yiddish music albums place Dropkin’s ...

"Her connection with the sea throughout her poetry is also something that feels meant for music. To her, the sea was a home, a comfort and a final destination. This is a very unique view of a ...

The new album Johnny Cash: Forever Words, out now, immortalizes those words in music. The 16-track record is a follow up to the 2016 book of the singer's poems, Forever Words: The Unknown Poems ...

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.” The music-poetry mashup is ...

“Patti Smith, Richard Hell, these people we know as musicians came to New York to be poets,” said Kane. “And they came with relatively old-fashioned notions about what constitutes poetr ...

Just days after Jack White defended the value of music in a Q&A, the rocker has expanded on those thoughts in a new poem titled “Music Is Sacred.” In the poem posted to his Third Man Books ...

When he's struggling to understand the immune system or a rare disease, music and poetry serve as an anchor. "It helps calm me down and actively choose what to focus on," says Esson, a second-year ...

Mandela inspired concerts, songs, poems, fiction and movies. Those honoring him include Academy Award winners Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman, Grammy winners Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston ...