Found Poems （2023/2/12 @Anna Yin）
–thanks to Leonard Cohen
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so long, Marianne
in February sunset
Cohen dances to the end
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take this waltz
everyone knows
first we take Manhattan
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the slow thaw
Lake Ontario echoes
a thousand kisses deep
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closing time
tower of song
happens to the heart
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birds on the wire
waiting for the miracle
coming back to you
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here it is
the presence of you
alive in the air
Listening to Leonard Cohen (@Anna Yin/ 2023)
In some summer nights
I listen to your low soothing voice
as if a secret river whispers and confides.
There are charming currents and surprising turns
as honey sunlight pours through ragged seaweed—
the blind journey led by Suzanne, then hearts broken,
now all I see golden and purple blowing in the wind…
In such lonely longing nights
I play familiar songs for myself—
a girl from China not named the same.
I would make your tea perfectly sweet and bright;
I would show you where sunflowers grow high—
even if my heart too would be broken.
But the morning dewdrops roll down before my touch,
now I count how many roses closed in a void…
In some summer nights
I listen to your meandering river whispering…
In some summer nights
I seek the stars in the distance emerging…