Are the best modern Poets really Musicians and Song writers??

Question

And, do you search for poetry in both printed and musical forms, or just one or the other?

If so, which is your favorite, the written word or the musical composition?

Thanks for your answers. (This is also a poll in Music, but I put it here to get the in put of the book reading people)!!

Answer 1

With music, the lyrics have to conform to the music, with written poetry the words create their own music, so it's a much more liberating form for words. I'm not dismissing music, but often it is bound by certain conventions and forms (eg choruses) to which poetry is not subject. Poetry is a oportunity to manipulate words on the written and experiment with spacing, synedoche and other written expression which can't really be incorporated into music

Answer 2

some yes and some no. the ones that can write poetry and can sing are successfull. but one that can do one and not the other, no