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  Bard (Soviet Union) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bard poetry differs from other poetry mainly in the fact that it is sung along with a simple guitar melody as opposed to being spoken.
Bard poetry may be roughly classified into two main streams: tourist song and political song, although some other subgenres may be recognized, such as outlaw song (blatnaya pesnya) and pirate song.
This type of bard poetry was tolerated by the powers, and it lived under the definition of author song (avtorskaya pesnya), i.e., songs sung primarily by the authors themselves, as opposed to those sung by professional singers (although professionals often "borrowed" successful author songs for their repertoire).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bard_(Soviet_Union)   (1518 words)

  
 Cauldron of Poesy
The poetry that results from the activation of the cauldrons is described as "a terrifying stream of speech," "fearful," and "vast, mighty draughts of death-spells." These are no mere rhymes.
Traditional Irish poetry is a mix of grammatical rules, metre, voice, and silence, and a certain balance is necessary for the entire composition to hold together in a powerful and pleasing manner.
An interesting feature of the question regarding the "root of poetry" is that the word indicating the origin of poetry (adtuithi, atuidi) may imply "from the north (atúaid)." Mythologically the north is the place in which the Tuatha de Danann learned their druidic and magical arts.
www.obsidianmagazine.com /Pages/cauldronpoesy.html   (6733 words)

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