Hi, Thanks to Jarkko and all who created the Forum and to all who find temporary residence here. May we all find what we need and long for over this Christmas period and may we be good to the year ahead and may it be good to us. All the best, merton As I write I'm listening to Gavin Bryars' Jesus' B...

Hi, Apologies about this. Only part of this poem is available on The Paris Review homepage. Perhaps the author might post the poem. It leaves me intrigued. Avenues open up in looking at the author's work. As Willy Wonka says "so little to do, so much time. No strike that, so much to do, so little ti...

Hi, Leonard's Summer Tour of 2008 began in Fredericton, New Brunswick on May 11th 2008, fast approaching ten years now. I wonder if there is a comprehensive , documented source available perhaps giving Interviews, timeline of original meetings, essentially the story up to the hour before going on st...

Hi Lonndubh, 9 years to the date since you started this topic. Thank you for keeping P. K's genius alive on the Forum. My English teacher forever quoted Patrick K's lines from the preface to the Collected Poems~ "But I lost my messianic compulsion. I sat on the bank of the Grand Canal in the summer ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=you ... 6G7smsItQg

Powerful version of Tom Petty's song

All the best,
merton

It is worth investigating the Lampedusa Cross if you are unfamiliar with it.

Hi, Perhaps this recording is not new to most, or maybe the understandable excitement around Montreal has buried this but I think Leonard's intro from about one minute 30 sec. to 7.00 is classic. The entire recording is worth listening to but most certainly the first seven minutes, but I might be wr...

Hi,

Getting to know how to use a smart phone. Hopefully this arrives. Stumbled across this a few minutes ago and I don't think it has been posted previously. Enjoy.

All the best,
merton

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=23cJ98Fn4hU

Hi, Congratulations to John and crew. Great interweaving of Leonard's music and words, primarily from Book of Mercy. It led to an intense and paced evening, where attention to to musical interpretation and the spoken word heightened the beauty of Leonard's work. Hope to go again on Friday. All the b...

Hi,

Apologies if a link to this article has already been provided:

https://doi.org/10.16995/ane.131

I hope all is well. It's nine years this month since Leonard began that wonderful European tour. What memories.

All the best,
merton

Hello,

Apologies if these articles have appeared elsewhere on the forum:

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusi ... -alchemist

https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/first ... st-haunted

All the best,
merton

Hello,

An article from the current issue of Parabola:

https://parabola.org/2017/01/31/the-poe ... boettiger/


I hope that all who visit the forum are well.

All the best,
merton

Dear Eija & Jarkko, The end of the year and of an era. Many thanks Elja for your beautiful creation and to you Jarkko for the creation of this wonderful site which has housed what otherwise might be countless homeless Leonard fans. Happy Christmas ,Love and best wishes to all. Here's to the beginnin...

Deepest condolences to Leonard's family and relatives on the loss of a human being so special and deepest gratitude for having lived in the era of Leonard Cohen's time on this earth. May you rest in peace Leonard. "There are some men who should have mountains to bear their names through time Grave m...

Hi, I've been gone so long I could hardly remember my password. So much happiness and sadness - Leonard Cohen's birthday and the new album and the death of Marianne. To all those who keep the forum going for people like me to join in on occasion many thanks. I haven't heard anything from the album -...

Hi, As ever in this Christmas period profound thanks to Eija & Jarkko. A peaceful and relaxing Christmas to the moderators and all of us who connect in serious or casual way through the Forum. Advent - Patrick Kavanagh We have tested and tasted too much, lover- Through a chink too wide there comes i...