What lives at the blurred edges of music and poetry?

Many concepts are shared by music and poetry:
Phrase/Line
Motif/Repetition
Rhythm/Meter

What happens if we stop thinking of music and poetry as separate disciplines? What lives at the blurred edges?
We will explore:
Poetry as lyrics.
Hip Hop/Spoken Word
Music scores that work as poems
Poetry performed with or as music

Amy Beth Sisson (she/her) is still struggling to emerge, toad-like, from the mud outside of Philly. Her poetry has appeared in Cleaver Magazine, The Night Heron Barks, Ran Off With the Star Bassoon, Philadelphia Stories and is upcoming in The Shoutflower. She is currently an MFA student studying poetry at Rutgers Camden, a Graduate Assistant for the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and an intern for Fence Magazine.

From listening to 80’s pop music on repeat to singing in children’s choruses, Jimmy Levi (he/him/his) has been musicking for longer than he can remember. Jimmy’s music has been performed by ensembles such as the Mivos Quartet, the Walden School Players and the International Contemporary Ensemble. Recent premieres include The Alibi, a collaboration with Saxophonist Allison Adams for the Nief Norf 1:1 collective, and An Underground System of Pipes and Wires, premiered by Ensemble Dal Niente in summer 2022. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at DePaul University, where he studies with Dr. Osnat Netzer and Dr. Christopher Wendell Jones.