And it seems easier to write the words to a song than lofty poetry. Wrong! Writing lyrics is harder. Some poetry has strict forms such as the haiku or the sonnet, or it may follow a certain meter, ...

Get in, it’s time to yearn (aka... a likely thing to do during a Conan song). In the first verse, he confesses his love for ...

Dame Helen Mirren would love to release a poetry album. The 79-year-old actress has won an Oscar, a Tony and several Emmys during her storied career and revealed that she would be open to reciting ...

Of an estimated 200,000 songs that companies produced from the lyrics of would-be folk lyricists between 1900 and the early 2000s, when the practice petered out, not one ever became a hit.

Lyrics as poetry found in Hurray for the Riff Raff and Megan Thee Stallion songs Alynda Segarra examines our frailty and resilience with an unsparing, yet tender cadence. This week on 8 Tracks ...

Actor Johnny Depp and guitarist Jeff Beck have been accused of stealing lines from a poem for a song on their recent album. Above, Depp is seen performing on stage during a show with Beck ...

Poet laureate’s band LYR share new single ‘Folk Song’, lyrics for which have been printed in Armigrage’s book of poems and haikus Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent ...