Let's talk music, no genre boundaries

@audio-b-dog 

In regards to poetry being upfront with its meaning, I think that is not poetry. It's an essay or something else. Poetry, like jazz, must light a spark between listener (& reader) who must give something of themselves. But it's not that hard. You just need to think a bit and then the spark ignites. 

There've been US poets laureate and poets who've won the Pulitzer whose poems are not difficult to understand. 

@stuartk 

Can you name a few poet laureats or any famous poets who you don't think are difficult to understand? I need to know what you're talking about. Thanks.

And, do you think the poems I've posted are difficult to understand? Do you think Snyder is difficult to understand, because that's who I learned from.

@toddalin 

Sorry, which singer did you think was difficult to understand? I don't know which post you're referring to. Thanks.

@audio-b-dog

Laura Nyro sounds too breathy for me and this can make her difficult to understand on some cuts.

Anything in Italian is foreign to me.

@toddalin 

Okay, got you. I don't care if I understand all the words. I'm more into feeling the voice as part of the music. And I guess I'm into breathy female vocalists, if I think about it. Just a matter of taste.