![]() ![]() Lawrence (rather brilliantly edited by exclusion of the first and last two stanzas) on "Black/Rich Music". One of my favorites, the blessedly darkness-haunted Will Oldham, aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy, includes this late poem by D. In the seventies, a number of singer-songwriters made references to poets: Bob Dylan to Dante, Verlaine & Rimbaud, Patti Smith to Rimbaud, Lou Reed to Delmore Schwartz, and, um, Aerosmith quoted from "Hamlet." But who are some of the younger singer-songwriters referencing poems by other poets? (Steve Burt, who will know them all, is limited to two responses).įor two of the best, click continue reading this entry, below. And some singers, Leonard Cohen or David Berman (of The Silver Jews) for instance, publish books of their own poetry. ![]() Any of us can get into a good fight arguing over singer-songwriters whose poetic lyrics we champion. ![]()
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