Lose Yourself



Letter to Your Younger Self
+ 25 years

"Rhyme has reason that reason doesn't know"
subliminal meanings, mood from sounds

Exquisite Corpse, Consequences & Cut ups
overcoming shyness

Limericks & Nonsense
loosen up and play - Spike Milligan and Edward Lear







Poetry as Music
e e cummings &  Gerard Manley Hopkins






 Music as Poetry
Eminem - Lose Yourself

Lyric resources

How to Write a Story



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