We’re up to thirty-three entries in this song-inspired series of poems! There’s a bit of a repeat of artists between this poem and the previous one, as both of the songs that inspired these poems have been by My Chemical Romance, so that’s an interesting little connection there – but we’ve moved away from the topic of memory and onto a more ‘present’ poem, so I hope you enjoy reading through this week’s entry!
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Who Are You Remembering?
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, but I’m back with the thirty-second entry in this series of song-inspired poems! This one was inspired by ‘The Kids From Yesterday – Dan P. Carter Mix’ by My Chemical Romance, and I’ve once again managed to get onto the topic of memory. I hope that you enjoy reading through this one!
Faces
This is the thirty-first entry in my song-inspired series of poems! We’re revisiting the topic of memory this week (seems fitting), with a poem inspired by the song ‘Garamond’ by Arm’s Length, which I hope that you enjoy!
The End Of The Cycle
We’ve made it to the thirtieth entry in this series of song-inspired poems! That definitely feels like an achievement, although the tone of this week’s poem does clash a little with that – it’s definitely one of the slower, ‘quieter’ poems, I think, but I hope that it creates a scene that you find interesting to read! It was inspired by ‘Only Time Will Tell’ by Asia, which I’ve embedded below as per usual so that you can listen to it while you read the poem, if you like!
Starlit Wishes
This week’s poem marks the twenty-ninth entry in my song-inspired series of poems! I actually have a cool little bit of trivia to go along with this week’s poem – there’s a poem, which you may have previously seen on the blog, that I wrote with the name of this week’s song inspiration, ‘Take Me With You’ by Neck Deep – and also a similar extra-terrestrial theme to the song. I’m actually not sure if the song was a subconscious inspiration for that poem, but it’s nevertheless a cool coincidence!
Stop And Smell The Roses
This is the twenty-eighth entry in my series of song-inspired poems! This week’s poem, as you can probably tell from the title, does focus on nature, but also art, in what I think, at least, is a pretty interesting scene. It was also, of course, inspired by this week’s song, ‘Avant Gardener’ by Courtney Barnett. I hope you enjoy reading it!
Togetherness
For some reason, I feel like this week’s poem has a slightly different vibe to it, for lack of a better word, compared to some of the other poems in this series. It started with a rather vague concept that became more defined as I worked on it, and I hope that comes through when you read it – and that you enjoy it, of course!
Simulated Greatness
This is the twenty-sixth entry in my series of song-inspired poems! With this one, a couple of lines of inspiration came together (including this week’s song, ‘Do Ya Wanna Taste It’ by Wig Wam, of course) and I’m pretty proud of what I ended up with, so I hope you enjoy reading it!
Inescapable Endings
We’ve made it to the twenty-fifth entry in my song-inspired poem series! This one is, I suppose, a sort of fairy tale subversion – but, I can’t lie, as well as the song that inspired it (‘The One’ by Elena Siegman and Kevin Sherwood), I did have Shrek at the forefront of my mind while writing it. Although, as you’ll see, it does take a somewhat darker turn by the end of the poem. In any case, I hope you enjoy reading this one!
My Orchestra
This is the twenty-fourth poem in my song-inspired poem series, and once again we’re going down the path of memory – I think a lot of these songs, at least for me, inspire the topic of memory, even if they themselves aren’t connected to specific memories (although sometimes they might be!). It’s also more along the lines of the topic of music, which does feel suitable for this series in particular. In any case, I hope you enjoy this one!
Oskar Leonard 