Phoebe Laub (born July 17, 1952 in New York City - died April 26, 2011 in Edison, New Jersey) was a singer-songwriter, who performed under the stage name Phoebe Snow. Career She released an eponymous album, Phoebe Snow, in 1974, that featured the top five hit "Poetry Man." She has continued to release albums sporadically for the next three decades, including Second Childhood (1975), It Looks Like Snow (1976), Never Letting Go (1977), and Against The Grain (1978), all on the Columbia Records label.