Well, I'd say that 'lyric' is one of many kinds of 'verse,' but who
knows today?
'Lyric' has been around for a long time, & even it can be open or
closed.
Andrew alerted his Facebook friends to a reading of a Laurie Duggan
poem by Phill Hall, in today's lobe & Mail, wherein he praises an open
lyric writing:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/in-other-words/poetry-week-phil-hall-on-laurie-duggan/article1531380/
Doug
On 15-Apr-10, at 9:48 AM, John Herbert Cunningham wrote:
> As I didn't want to impose on the ongoing thread by muddying it up
> with more
> terminology, I thought that I'd start a new one. Is there a difference
> between lyric and verse or have they become synonymous?
>
> John Herbert Cunningham
>
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