“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –

— Emily Dickinson
Hope Is the Thing with FeathersThe Extinct Birds Society

Wild nights – Wild nights!
Were I with thee

— Emily Dickinson
Wild NightsKosta Meltemy

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;

— H. W. Longfellow
Life Is RealThe Extinct Birds Society

In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

— Walt Whitman
Perfect Silence at the StarsUncle Bro

Oh! lucrurile cum vorbesc,
Și-n pace nu vor să te lase:

— Alexandru Macedonski
Rondelul lucrurilorRouxandra

The Brain is just the weight of God —
For — Heft them — Pound for Pound —

— Emily Dickinson
As Syllable from SoundUncle Bro

Chevaliers de la table ronde,
Goûtons voir si le vin est bon

— Traditional
Oui oui ouiUncle Bro

Il est des nôtres,
Il a bu son verre comme les autres

— Traditional
Il est des nôtresUncle Bro

Musa, quell’uom di moltiforme ingegno
Dimmi, che molto errò, poich’ebbe a terra
Gittate d’Iliòn le sacre torri;

— Ippolito Pindemonte
Ulisse!Sons of Troy

I wanted to live deep
and suck out all the marrow of life,

— Henry David Thoreau
The Marrow of LifeThe Extinct Birds Society

This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond –

— Emily Dickinson
This World Is Not ConclusionRouxandra

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –

— Emily Dickinson
Because I Could Not Stop for DeathRouxandra

I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

— W. E. Henley
Captain of My SoulFay Dodo

Le Poète est semblable au prince des nuées
Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l’archer ;

— Charles Baudelaire
L’AlbatrosFay Dodo

Dându-mi din ochiul tău senin
O rază dinadins,
În calea timpilor ce vin
O stea s-ar fi aprins;

— Mihai Eminescu
Pe lângă plopii fără soțRouxandra

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

— Edgar Allan Poe
A Dream Within a DreamRouxandra

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same

— Rudyard Kipling
IfThe Extinct Birds Society

Ô ma belle-de-nuit, ferme, ferme ta robe

— Ignace Nau
Belle de nuitFay Dodo

And all the world’s wide wealth is mine.

— Paul Laurence Dunbar
All the World’s Wide WealthThe Extinct Birds Society

Cantami, o Diva, del Pelide Achille
L’ira funesta che infiniti addusse
Lutti agli Achei,

— Vincenzo Monti
Cantami, o Diva!Sons of Troy
Welcome to the Park

Poetry and folklore
made into music

Pishkey Music is a music label and a theme park in one. Every ride is a new song made from an old poem, lullaby or charm. Pick one, meet the performers behind it, and read the original it came from.

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Songs

Pick a song, listen to it, meet the performer behind it and find the poem or tradition it came from.

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Oh, the dead are dancing. New
Release Oh, Zombies Based on a Haitian poem Fay Dodo
Tango with the dead? New
Release Last Halloween Based on Madison Julius Cawein Rouxandra
Love spell, ants included. La mine aici Based on Romanian folk tradition Taraf de Strigoi
Dickinson gets wild. Wild Nights Based on Emily Dickinson Kosta Meltemy
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Artists

The voices that sing the songs. Each performer has a sound of their own and sets different poets and traditions to music.

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Rouxandra
Rouxandra
Dark Pop & Romanian Folk
Fay Dodo
Fay Dodo
Afro Pop & Haitian Roots
Kosta Meltemy
Kosta Meltemy
Mediterranean Pop Dance
Uncle Bro
Uncle Bro
French House & Italo Disco
The Extinct Birds Society
Extinct Birds
Lo-Fi Jazz & Neo-Soul
Taraf de Strigoi
Taraf de Strigoi
Balkan Folk & Lăutărească
Sons of Troy
Sons of Troy
Italian Rock & Epic Funk
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Sources

The poetry and folklore behind our music, with the original text, the story and a close reading.

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No.TypeTitle · AuthorLanguageSelected by
28 Poetry
Aux Zombis Chambeau Nelson or Liautaud ÉtheartHaiti, c. 1850
French 27 Poetry
Hallowe’en Madison Julius CaweinUnited States, 1907
English 24 Poetry
Hallowe’en Joel BentonUnited States, 1896
English
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Authors

The poets and storytellers whose words we set to music. Read about their lives and find the songs made from their work.

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Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson1830–1886 · United States
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849 · United States
Portrait of Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman1819–1892 · United States
Portrait of Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire1821–1867 · France