Poetry Prompt – April 26

April 26 – I don’t remember where I got this prompt but it is a fun one. 1. Select two or more songs from the current top 40 listings. 2. Consult the lyrics of each song (most can be found via simple web search). 3. Select words/phrases to create a new poem that: is distinguishable from your source material, differing in composition, tone, and subject matter, combines two or more song texts, and does not read like song lyrics. 

From the Muse Library: Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999 by Paul McCartney. The best-selling Blackbird Singing now includes several new poems and lyrics, including “Freedom,” which McCartney performed in New York City at a benefit concert last fall. To actually read McCartney’s poems, whether exuberant ballads of love or poignant messages of deepest grief, is to appreciate the electrifying power of the confluence of dream and song.