There was something about words and music together that allowed people to get nearest to honest truth about what was most difficult to say. Paradoxically, only through the essential instantaneity of music could you approach its eternal pertinence.

Gregory Maguire
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Poetry is similar to music in that it is an essential art form that helps people get closer to the truth about human interactions. And both poetry and music are quite similar in the fact that they are both forms of art meant to convey emotion. As such, their ability to convey emotion plays a major part in their ability to impart truth. The only thing that separates them from each other is where they come from.

Poetry comes from the heart whereas music comes from the ears. But the essence of poetry and music is the same; it is not necessarily based on where it comes from, but on what it conveys and how it can be used to capture and project our emotions and feelings.

Source: The Next Queen Of Heaven

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