a mindful gathering

bodhi · Post by **bodhi** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:17 pm

nice to peruse poems and lyics, i haven't published mine for a couple decades, but hope to pull some together this decade ... have been chiefly into haiku, as unit and as discipline ... http://awakening.to/haiku.html, for more on this vector.

i almost included some leonard cohen lyrics in a gathering of mindful poetry i did, but after 5 years of work, his didn't make the cut for some reason or other. (i can't really remember. maybe it was 'cos of the cost, or 'cos there were already 125 contributors many lesser-known; something.) i mention 'cos i posted a lot more stuff on the book's website, for free, including lyrics ('tho some of those links need updating)

http://word.to/whatweb.html (whatweb!?)

... of possible interest to the general leonardcohenfora

well, ok, here's a "leonard cohen type haiku," of sorts .... (ready?) ......

THIS IS YOUR LOVER
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY 'COS
THE MENU HAS CHANGED

(namaste)

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:33 pm

~ I love THAT! Soooo funny.......soooo true! What a contemporary way of expressing it

! I guess you could say it was Haiku in the sense of being 'nature related'......some one's nature, shall we say 'fickle'

? You're not giving Leonard the rap, though, are you? After all, he's come so far for beauty.....

~ Lizzy[/i]

bodhi · Post by **bodhi** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:24 pm

leonard cohen rap: leonard cohen hiphop -- that'll be the day

haiku about human nature are called senryu

Arno · Post by **Arno** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:32 pm

Two words: Just Great

I'm amazed how you can put so much in only three lines
I'm not good at poem-theory but I see when something strikes a chord in me and this does.

Got to run, I'll look at your website later

Arno

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:48 pm

LOL ~ and I meant rap as in "bad rap"

....and WoW, "senryu" ~ had no idea there was a specific form devoted to human nature. Thanks for letting me know that

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Coco · Post by **Coco** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:22 pm

Hi Bodhi!

I wish I could write like that. Don't be shy about posting some more ---Leonard inspired or not.

babz · Post by **babz** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:12 am

Thank you for the links.
They are greatly appreciated.
I look forward to many happy days of study.
Sincerely,
Babz

Amen

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:03 pm

Were you able to get anything with the first link, Babz? All I got was an Error page. I really like the home-page picture on the second one.

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