Dear Leonard Cohen, <br /> <br />Strumming and singing <br />my favorite songs of yours, <br />all from your first couple albums, <br /> <br />still eases me into <br />a vantage point <br />nothing else I know <br />has ever approached, <br /> <br />a place in my heart <br />nothing else has reached. <br /> <br />Yes, it is salted with tears, <br />but the tears <br />make everything green there <br />shine with unearthly beauty, <br />and reveal somehow the holiness <br />of all the lost souls. <br /> <br />I have no clue <br />by what alchemy <br />you are able <br />to sing sorrow <br /> <br />in a way that brings <br />such a stillness, <br />such a sense of beauty, <br />if not joy. <br />___ <br /> <br />*note: for anyone curious (I already got one e-mail query, and I'm happy to share) , my 'top 6' are: <br /> <br />'A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes' <br />'Seems So Long Ago, Nancy' <br />'So Long, Marianne' <br />'Stories of the Street' <br />'Stranger Song' and <br />'Story of Isaac'... <br /> <br />I think there's no rhyme or reason in it, or thyme either, which is what I typed originally, except personal experience and associations.<br /><br />Max Reif<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/01july20-in-a-minor-key-letter-to-leonard-cohen/
