Create->Text->Poet not working

Trying to put a box on an existing score to add a poet (lyricist). This has only worked once for me in 1.3. Tried it again last night on three or four different scores. No text box of any kind appeared. I had to create a system text box and populate that to get something in which to put the information. I don't see any specifics of how to create a lyricist box other than the menu sequence in the subject line. Any ideas as to why this might happen? Thanks, all.