This is the poem Greg is referring to:
"Brighter than our sun
bright as the window beyond death
the light of the universe
cleans the eyes to stone
They prayed for lives without visions
free from visions but not blind
they could only drone the prayer
they could not set it down
And windows persisted
and they eyes turned stone
they all had faces like statue Greeks
marble and calm
And what happened to love
in the gleaming universe
they froze in the heart of god
froze on a spear of light"
From: The Spice-Box of earth (Copyright by Leonard Cohen)
The poem is not alone anymore.
Brief Toowoomba LC event account
I have now posted Andrew's report report on the 11th LC Celebration
in Toowoomba. It's at
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/twmb4.html
--- also linked from the front page (under "Latest Updates")
Jarkko
in Toowoomba. It's at
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/twmb4.html
--- also linked from the front page (under "Latest Updates")
Jarkko
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- Location: Melbourne, Australia
Coco
Thanks for those generous words - it is a nice sense of achievement to have had our little event going for this period of time. When I started it I never realised it would have this longevity. I also thought I was some sort of oddball in my musical fixation back then (which I may well be ) but it has been so reassuring to know, with the advent of the Internet and sites such as Jarkko's, that there is a world-wide community of LC aficionados like me - and it is fantastic to meet you all in one way or another!
Regarding the avatar, it is a Paul Klee painting. (He was a Swiss born German painter who came into prominence in the early part of the 20th century, being associated with the 'Blue Rider' wing of German expressionism and teaching at the Bauhaus.)
Cheers
Andrew (Darby)
Thanks for those generous words - it is a nice sense of achievement to have had our little event going for this period of time. When I started it I never realised it would have this longevity. I also thought I was some sort of oddball in my musical fixation back then (which I may well be ) but it has been so reassuring to know, with the advent of the Internet and sites such as Jarkko's, that there is a world-wide community of LC aficionados like me - and it is fantastic to meet you all in one way or another!
Regarding the avatar, it is a Paul Klee painting. (He was a Swiss born German painter who came into prominence in the early part of the 20th century, being associated with the 'Blue Rider' wing of German expressionism and teaching at the Bauhaus.)
Cheers
Andrew (Darby)