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Music, People, PoetryNovember 24, 2012

The Power of Language, the story behind Marc Cohn and Michael Silverstone’s song “Live Out the String”

By Marjory Wentworth

The Power of Language Poetry is one of the only situations when language is scrutinized for more than meaning.  The sound and juxtaposition of…

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