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I have to be honest... I don't have/know any.
Music has always been my forte. Words in lyrics were my literature growing up. I could buy a new country music CD and tell you the next several hits that would be released. I had a battle with one guy who was convinced that a song on a Lorrie Morgan CD would never get air time. Three weeks later, we heard it on the radio. Needless to say, he was speechless.
I'm glad kids today have to read a certain amount of books each quarter. I don't remember having to do that. If only I'd been introduced to Harlequin Blaze novels back then, I probably would have LOVED to read!!!
If someone read me a poem, my eyes crossed. I didn't get it. Boring! I guess its like opera, some get it, some don't. Odd twist of fate, my husband writes poems and I LOVE them. Maybe because they are about/to me! :)
Since becoming a writer and having gone 8 years of collecting rejection letters before I FINALLY sold, I came up with this quote: "Dream big or else you'll never know your full potential."
My husband, on the other hand, likes: "Dream small and you'll never be disappointed."
Which one do you like?
Lines from songs really stand out for me rather than anything from poems. I am more of a music gal than a poetry lady!
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes...I can see the wisdom in each!
I appreciate poems like I appreciate jokes. I love them during the moment but they refuse to stick with me. Song lyrics, on the other hand, become embedded in my head, heart and soul.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a poetry fan either (apart from a few favourites) and agree with you about song lyrics.
ReplyDeleteBut I loved to read - I would devour books when I was a child and teenager. These days I don't have as much time to read as I would like.
But I do think that, as writers, we should also read. Reading can SHOW us what works and what doesn't, and is a far more valuable lesson than all those writers' courses etc which TELL you what you should/shouldn't do.
Must take my own advice and read more!