Poet as Musician

Submitted by Emily on April 12, 2011 - 10:18am
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Poet as Musician
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Many musicians write lyrics, while some write pure poetry.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a little music, try some of these poet/musicians on for size.

Leonard Cohen

Bob Dylan

Tori Amos

Bob Marley

Mos Def

Amanda Palmer

What are some of your favorite singing poets?

 


 

Comments

Submitted by Musiclv on March 19, 2013 - 2:00am.

You are welcome...I love your site.

Submitted by james on April 12, 2011 - 3:37pm.

Andrew Bird
Vic Chesnutt
Woody Guthrie
Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse)
Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
Lou Reed
Tom Waits

Submitted by Emily on April 13, 2011 - 8:26am.

ah! of course i didnt even think of lou reed or tom waits! thanks james!

 

Submitted by MichelleJ on April 12, 2011 - 5:57pm.

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