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    how beautiful am i/ tell me, don't lie/ i'm beautiful, and i've got a reason
    how beatiful are you/ your beautiful too/ the questions not why/ but who
    we are beautiful because we exist
    and we outshine
    the facets of a diamond
    simply for the reason
    that we are
    we are beautiful
    and we are glorius
    because He made us that way
    long ago, God sat down
    with a lump of clay
    and took the effort to make us
    just like him
    and He is the most beautiful of all

    I wrote this poem because i have a lot of friends with self-image problems and i like to help people get past their issues any way i can, and poetry and God are the most effective for me , so i thought, why not combine them, and it worked. how about you guys, what do you use?
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    my angel child
    with curly hair
    my angel child
    with your beautiful eyes
    my angel child
    with skin so fair...
    child of mine
    you shine so bright
    the sun can't outshine
    your light
    child of mine
    there's nothing wrong
    for you are in my arms
    so long, so long
    child of mine
    eternity lasts
    forever,
    and forever
    is so long a time.

    this is a poem i wrote 5 minutes ago.
    its from God's point of view and its the first poem i've written in...
    at least a month. it's one of my best yet.
    wow.....
    i just made a snap-decision,
    i'm going to turn that into a song.
    any help?
    yes, i've written songs before!
    they've sucked, but oh-well.
    • CommentAuthorEmi
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2008
     
    They are both nice.

    However, i know next to nothing about song writing, or any writing for that matter.
    But i think it sounds nice. :)
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    Songwriting 101:
    DON'T FORCE IT.
    Sit down with the poems and your guitar/piano/whatever, but don't force the writing. You'll kill a good idea. I've done it many times before.
    Be original. Nobody likes a washed-up melody.
    Don't be afraid to make changes to the original poem. Chances are you're gonna have to. I've had to cut about half of the poem out before because it was too long and repetative (sp?). That's fine for poetry, but not for songs.
    Go crazy. No idea is bad.
    Finish what you start.
    Make sure the finished product conveys the message you want to send.
    Go for it.
    • CommentAuthorsparky
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2008
     
    hey apologetiXFan, you need to help me and my band. we could use your songwriting 101 book!!!
    I have a notebook FULL of poems that are in line to be set to music
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    i met someone who said that she'd help me set some of my stuff to music!
    i'm so excited!!! (insert girlish squeal)
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    x]] thx y'all.
    I've been writing songs for... 3 or 4 years I think. Don't be discouraged if you end up not liking some of your songs... I've written maybe 15-20 songs and have only kept... um... *counts*... 5. So yeah.
    Glad to be a help =]
    • CommentAuthorfrankie101
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2008
     
    The poem is good but song writing I think is a different category...



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    Hmm... I disagree a bit. I think songwriting is poetry, but perhaps not necessarily vice versa.

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