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Poet Karen Finneyfrock, photo by Inti St. Clair.

Poet Karen Finneyfrock, photo by Inti St. Clair.

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The Poetics of Great Lyrics

Jeremy Richards
10/24/2009

Most song lyrics fall flat without the music to prop them up. But Karen Finneyfrock believes that some songs have lyrics so well written that they can stand on their own as poetry. Karen is a poet and writer in residence at Seattle's Richard Hugo House. Today, she shares three songs that infuse poetry into our daily lives.

Songs:

  • "Helpless," by Neil Young
  • "Just Like Heaven," by The Cure
  • "Sweetest Decline," by Beth Orton
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