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"If music be the fruit of love ...
... then play on ... "

-Shakespeare

Poetry is the music those who are tone-deaf use to express their souls.
I would know. I would be one of them.
Any music we listen to started as poetry; the sheer expression of the feelings locked deep inside the artists we treasure.
The lyrics of those who can hit notes, however, are my muses, far better than any Grecian spirit ...

AFI
Alesana
Blaqk Audio
Evanescence
Eyes Set to Kill
HIM
Mortal Love
Nightwish (pre-Annette; not the commercial bull they do now)
Tarja
Within Temptation

(And it doesn't hurt that these bands are amazing).

And some specifics:
"Paperthin Hymn" - Anberlin
"Illusionate" - Beseech
"Fiction City" - Beseech
"Heaven's a Lie" - Lacuna Coil
"Cold" - Lacuna Coil
"Our Truth" - Lacuna Coil
"Amaranth" - Nightwish (the only good song from their new album)
"Starlight" - Freedom Call

But I haven't heard any other songs form these bands, so they may be added to my other list soon.

If you are only going to read one poem of mine, please read "Mottled Skylight"; I'm kinda proud of that one (I think it's on the second page when you click show all).

And, to any friends who visit this page ...
I am not telling who I am talking about in "Once". Or any others, for that matter.

Though I'm pretty sure you all know anyway.