A great poet, singer/songwriter, and musician.
Thank you for the memories, Mr Cohen.
When I was a student at Glasgow University I went to a party at the home of my friend Big Frank, in Bathgate Street, in Glasgow’s East End.
At some point in the evening I heard a song on a sampler album.
It was Sisters of Mercy, by Leonard Cohen, which contains the lines:
‘If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem’.
And I was hooked.
I first saw him perform live in Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall in 1972.
And, for the last time, outdoors on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in 2008.
photograph by anelephantcant
This poem, inspired by The Stranger Song, is a tribute to one of the great poets of the last century, who became an extraordinary singer/songwriter.
But, more importantly, he was a beautiful person.
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He sang Suzanne takes you down, to a place by the river, and as a teenager, always felt he was singing to me. Nice you wrote about him.
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A great tribute to a wonderful man.
R.I.P.
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All the ladies love Lenny!
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He seemed to have been a hopeless romantic. 😊
If you have a little time you might enjoy my tribute to him. https://insidethemindofisadora.com/2016/11/13/sunday-song-if-it-be-your-will/
Have a wonderful week.
Isadora 😎
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When I heard the news I thought of you.
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How very sweet of you, Anja.
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Well, sweet comes natural to me. 🙂
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