A Poem about the Master

resolemcrey · Post by **resolemcrey** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:11 pm

I have a poem about Mr. Cohen on this nice webzine which I thought might be of some interest:

http://www.dotlit.qut.edu.au/200302/cohen.html

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:48 pm

Dear Resolemcrey ~

I like your simple poem about Leonard very much

. It captures the essence of some days he most certainly has had. Why don't you bring it here? I like the way the darkened grey adds to it, however, so the visit there remains worthwhile.

Welcome to the Forum

~ Elizabeth

resolemcrey · Post by **resolemcrey** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:32 pm

Thank you, Elizabeth. I just stumbled on this site, mostly for the great song index, with lyrics. I'm still feeling my way around in the dark.

Corey

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:59 pm

Well stumble around some more, Corey......this site has anything and everything you'd ever want or need to know about Leonard. However, that said, also check out Marie Mazur's site. Her link is on Jarkko's main page. Come back here and hang out with us, too.

~ Lizzytysh

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:19 pm

Hi again, Corey ~

What a lovely website for your bookstore

! Has it been in your family since 1875? Or did you buy into it? It looks like a store that you would be a whole lot of fun to visit

.

~ Elizabeth

resolemcrey · Post by **resolemcrey** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 4:46 pm

Hello.
My beloved bookstore is one of the oldest in the country and has a solid national reputation. It was in the Burke's family for 3 generations and they sold it in the 70s. My wife and I, after working at the store for a decade, were lucky enough to buy it in 2000, the third owners since the family. It's a dream palace. A must place if you ever visit Memphis. The kind of bookstore a Leonard Cohen fan would love, or so I like to believe.

resolemcrey · Post by **resolemcrey** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 4:46 pm

Oh, by the way, where are you?

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:47 pm

Your description sounds delightful, and lucky you two

! I'm in north-central Florida, east of Gainesville.

resolemcrey · Post by **resolemcrey** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:44 pm

Close enough for a visit.

Makera · Post by **Makera** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:02 pm

Hi Corey~
I was impressed by the deceptive simplicity of your poem. Especially loved the line about the colour of the sea - "a blue never used before", excellent!

~Makera

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:10 pm

I'll definitely do that one day, Corey ~

It's close enough to 'on my way' to Michigan, where my family lives.

~ Elizabeth

resolemcrey · Post by **resolemcrey** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:39 pm

Makera--thanks much. I wrote this poem after reading Ira Nadel's excellenct biography of LC.
Elizabeth--come on by.