Listen to this. The mighty Jocelyn Pook celebrates the musical tradition of the word Hallelujah, and in the process creates a short composition. This is, in my opinion, the way that both music and poetry should be made. This is a really special piece of radio. Can't use the link function here right now as I'm using someone else's Mac and I don't know how it works, but here it is to copy and paste:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jhpp8/Hallelujah/

Masked Ball by Jocelyn Pook (don't watch, just listen):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go4E4tNGQks&feature=related