Converting Poetry to Songs


This is one amazing secret hidden for ages that I am now revealing on a platter of gold. Somebody once said the best way to hide any information is in the pages of books because most people never thought it could be hidden there, therefore they never bother to read.

Honestly, books today are now treasure that should not only be respected but held in high esteem. It must be sort after to digest profitable information that can bring a dynamic change to one’s life or existence. Now, every thought in the mind of a man must be written down. Whether it is the thought of writing a book, making a film or a song it must begin from the mind. Thought is a creative ability that God endowed man with and when properly put into positive force will yield incredible results.
Poems are abridged expression of one’s thought. You may want to write about a love story that could be written in 400 pages but you may rather decide to write a few lines that do not exceed a page. Just look at this. A poem I titled my first love which of course can also be a title of my book.

My First Love
I knew I got it
My tender skin always a sight to behold
My lips so smooth, I can’t explain
I am an embodiment of beauty
An amazing beauty to behold

Now I meant him
His eyes spark fire of love
Love that captivates my inner mind
My body and mind long for him
Now I found my heart a prisoner to love

When will the wedding bell ring?
When will guest gather to feast?
Our love has come to stay
Don’t let darkness cover it
Not even the voices of men quench it
This is love, love extraordinaire

The Heavens are open
The angels are staring
Even the earthly birds are singing and gazing
May God may it work
Smiles as wedding ring cross my finger


Now, you see what I am talking about. The poem is simply about a beautiful girl who meant her first love and gave an amazing description of him and also prayed they get married.
I can make an amazing 400 pages novel out of this, if I wish to do it but rather, I prefer putting my thought into few lines. I mean, poem it!
Now listen very carefully, this poem I have written above clearly show you can turn that poem into a song by simply adjusting it into a more beautiful lyric that can fall into beautiful beats in the studio.  When this is done, you have simply converted the above poem into a song for the world to hear and enjoy. Is this not beautiful? Sure it is and I am sure you agree with me 100 percent.

I think we got some limitation here because not all poets are singers perhaps they will always say they are not gifted to do it, I mean to sing. Well, that may be true but I always believe one thing in life. When you achieve something you can achieve another in quick succession. If you have read my article or last post on my blog titled Novel writing, publishing and Royalties. You will agree with me you can be a poetic singer if you want to even if you think you don’t even have the voice or gift but as it seems you have the poems which can be converted into beautiful lyrics. I know you will be wondering if I sing. Yes I do, I have an album already on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and many online stores worldwide, I titled Gidigba by me, Emmanuel Abraham. You can check it out and download songs of your choice.

Now let’s go on. It doesn’t really matter how weak your writing skills are, I think what really matter is your determination to improve yourself. When a man falls two times and walks away in shame then he has lost the battle. But when he stands up and moves on, it is obvious his victory is not far away. Hard work and determination pays, don’t limit yourself to poem writing alone you can convert those poems to songs today and let the world have a feel of your poetic songs that will definitely thrill them and add to your income/personality.
You can get some collection of my poems in a book I titled Brighter Poems, just follow this link and download immediately: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/emmanuelabraham.
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This is Emmanuel Abraham, signing out.


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