poems with music – Page 2

Seeing

Welcome to the twenty-third poem in my song-inspired series! As with a few of these poems now, I did end up writing around the topic of memory, and I think this week’s song (‘As The World Falls Down’ by David Bowie) did lead me towards that more pondering, ‘quiet’ tone, but I ended up having a bit of fun within that too, focusing on the idea of physical eyes. But anyway, I hope you enjoy this week’s poem!

Wherever You Are

The tone of this week’s poem and the tone of this week’s song might seem to be at odds with each other, but the idea for this poem came through really strongly while I was listening to the song (‘World War Now’ by Kreator) so I hope you enjoy this one despite the contrast. Letters seem to pop up a lot in my poetry (off the top of my head, Love Letter Penned By A Pining Princess comes to mind), often the handwritten sort–they just have that poetic feeling to them, I suppose!

Why’d You Have To Give Him A Name?

I think this is definitely one of the most fun poems I’ve written for this series so far – a little bizarre, too, but when the idea came into my head while listening to this week’s song (‘Freaks to the Front’ by Amyl and The Sniffers) it seemed like too much fun to pass up, so I hope you enjoy this slightly chaotic poem, featuring a rather lost and inexplicable dinosaur called Dave.

A Moment’s Show

I feel like I haven’t quite been able to have my usual focus on nature that often pops up in my writing recently, so I’m happy to report that this week’s poem veers directly into those cosy, comforting nature themes – with a splash of fairytale fantasy. This is the twentieth entry in my song-inspired poem series and it was inspired by ‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair’ by Scott McKenzie. I hope you enjoy this one!

Your Beast

After a busy couple of weeks, I’m back with another song-inspired poem! This one was written with ‘Dread and the Fugitive Mind’ by Megadeth playing in the background – I had a couple of different ideas when I first heard the song, but this rather demonic one was the one that I settled on. As a quick warning, I will say that there is some slightly graphic imagery/wording in this one as far as gore goes, but it is rather brief.

And The Rest

Just like last week, this poem is directly inspired by a song from the playlist that my partner has put together for me. This one was written with ‘Message In A Bottle’ by The Police playing, and I’ve embedded that song below so you can have a listen while you read the poem. I hope you enjoy this one!

To Witness, To Behold

Something new, today! This is a poem that was directly inspired by a song, intentionally – I had the vague idea a little while ago for a collection of poems inspired by songs chosen by my partner, who is much more musically minded and knowledgeable than myself, and this is the first, inspired by ‘Sowing The Seeds Of Love’ by Tears For Fears.