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Thomas Campion, George Ireland & Hugh Cutting:
🎵 Faire if you expect admiring

#nowplaying #breakfast #thomascampion #GeorgeIreland #HughCutting

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Thomas Campion, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers:
🎵 Never weather-beaten sail

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#nowplaying #EssentialClassics #thomascampion #TheSixteen #HarryChristophers

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David McK · @deemikay
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The snobbery of (most?) poets would suggest that song lyrics are not poetry. I disagree. Lyrics are a subset of poetry, not an occasional overlap.

Further, a definition I've used for years: poems are just songs we've forgotten the tune to.

Anyway. Exhibit A: this by Thomas Campion, 1567 to 1620, songwriter and luteist. (Though books will call him "poet and composer".)

#songwriter #poetrycommunity #poetry #thomascampion #apoemadayfromdeemikay #apoemaday

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