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by danishdog
Fri Dec 09, 2016 12:26 am
Forum: News
Topic: Ode to Leonard Cohen from a fellow Zen Monk
Replies: 5
Views: 1954

Re: Ode to Leonard Cohen from a fellow Zen Monk

Thanks for this, Lightning. He was a man of many pairts.

Duncan
by danishdog
Fri Dec 02, 2016 12:16 am
Forum: Writing, Music and Art by the Forum members
Topic: Poem based on a quote by Leonard Cohen
Replies: 0
Views: 2163

Poem based on a quote by Leonard Cohen

I've just had a poem published based on a quote by Leonard Cohen: http://www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk/235melanch.html I wrote the first draft over five years ago, then put it aside and forgot about it. I discovered it again by chance about 50 days ago. It will be the first in a sequence of four called ...
by danishdog
Sat Dec 26, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: Hello, I'm new to this forum... (introducing yourselves)
Replies: 710
Views: 388214

Re: Hello, I'm new to this forum... (introducing yourselves)

Thanks, Cate! Pop lyrics are much more easily accessible than poems, and yet they are a good way in to appreciating poetry. There are a number of songs on my blog too. I think my song "Way Up the Ladder of Love" is quite Cohenesque (at the end of https://gists.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/an-a...
by danishdog
Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:19 am
Forum: Writing, Music and Art by the Forum members
Topic: a bit of new poetry "That one cold morning"
Replies: 2
Views: 1438

Re: a bit of new poetry "That one cold morning"

This is very Cohenesque, and I like it. It reminds me a bit of "Samson in New Orleans". I hope you find someone to put music to it.

Duncan
by danishdog
Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:54 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: Hello, I'm new to this forum... (introducing yourselves)
Replies: 710
Views: 388214

Re: Hello, I'm new to this forum... (introducing yourselves)

Hey, everyone! I’m from Scotland, born 1962. I met a Dane and moved to Denmark in 1986. In my late teens I listened to a lot of Leonard Cohen, as well as Dire Straits and The Cure. On the beach of a Greek island one night in July 1981 I was enchanted by someone singing “Suzanne” on guitar. In the ne...

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