Leonard Cohen, Ghent, Alexandra Leaving 15-8-2012, (from the Book of Longing)

Leonard Cohen Ghent, Alexandra Leaving 15-8-2012

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Sharon Robinson sings Alexandra leaving at the Leonard Cohen Ghent concert on August 15th 2012.

*****Please read the poem ‘Alexandra Leaving’     HERE

‘I could’ve included the poem in this post but I really wanted to give my audience a chance to first read the poem and then watch the video and listen to the marvelous interpretation by Sharon Robinson.’

– Ge0rge-B. 🙂

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Leonard Cohen – The Letters

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LEONARD COHEN
“The Letters”

 

(Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson)

You never liked to get
The letters that I sent.
But now you’ve got the gist
Of what my letters meant.
You’re reading them again,
The ones you didn’t burn.
You press them to your lips,
My pages of concern.
I said there’d been a flood.
I said there’s nothing left.
I hoped that you would come.
I gave you my address.
Your story was so long,
The plot was so intense,
It took you years to cross
The lines of self-defense.
The wounded forms appear:
The loss, the full extent;
And simple kindness here,
The solitude of strength.
You walk into my room.
You stand there at my desk,
Begin your letter to
The one who’s coming next.

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