Poetry Month: Song lyrics?

I like music.  For a little while I even thought I might be a song writer.  But over the years I've noticed some differences between song lyrics and poetry, and decided that poetry was more my thing.  Although there is more money in song writing, if you're good.

Especially worship lyrics, which can sometimes be the worst.

I think you may be able to consider lyrics a small subset of poetry.  It's the kind of poetry that sticks to a very strict rhythm, meter, beat, and usually rhyme pattern.  There is also very often things like chorus, refrain, bridge, etc.

However.

There is a lot poetry does that does not work in song, and there are a lot of songs that don't read like poetry.  They just don't.

Yes, there is some overlap, but I think it is important to recognize that they are different art forms.  I think it's like saying that oil painting and sidewalk chalk are the same.  OK, maybe you can make them look similar, if you're good, but they are different media.

NOTE This post was inspired by a conversation on twitter between myself and the twitter-account-manager of the Nazarene Publishing House, the text of which I will post/update below. 

me:
I have one question @NazPublishing why not poetry?

them:
We love poetry | Faith is expressed through the arts | @Lillenas; in song.

me:
@NazPublishing RT "We love poetry | Faith is expressed through the arts | @Lillenas; in song." || poetry ≠ worship music...