A Tribute to Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne"

To me, Leonard Cohen's song Suzanne reaches into the secret darkness of the yearning soul.
It speaks to the physical, spiritual and social conscience.

One Stop Poetry ~ Celebrating Leonard Cohen
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Poetry Pantry #57

Among the sensual secrets of the soul is a longing to
Devour
Drain
An eternal flagon of
Nirvana

On the bank
The river bank
Remote
Tea and oranges
Earthy heavenly juices
Wines from
A river of
Real diamonds and
Gold
Wait

And there too is a new Siren
Suzanne
A blind girl
Blind to synthetic social scaffolding
A gypsy
A matchmaker
Twining
Humble heroes and
Seaweed from
Children and
Mornings


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Old Questions

Banquet Scene with a Lute Player by Nicolas Tournier, 1625
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Magpie Tales #67 ~ Willow's Picture Prompt
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One Shot Wednesday #47
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The Poetry Pantry #51
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I know that this is no "happy families" get together
These are your close friends
Bound by time
I am just your
Incidental trophy

Our lute player tinkles Ariel's song
But he plays to closed souls...

Just this once
PLEASE let me join your thoughts...

I am sure you are rattled by
Galileo's increasing
Assertive claims that
Our Earth
Is not the centre of the universe

But the point is
Do you dismiss his claims
In line with our Catholic teachings
Or do you and your friends
Wonder
Could it be

I see you peering at the trembling shaft of moonlight
And one friend follows your gaze

Are you seeking answers
Do you fear what the answer may be

And I am slowly realising that
If the Earth is not the centre of the universe
Then
Neither
Are we
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NOTE: Galileo Galilei(1564-1642) was an Italian scientist and astronomer who supported Copernicus' heliocentric view, which placed the Sun at the centre of the universe. Philosophers and clerics denounced Galileo to the Roman Inquisition early in 1615.
In February 1616, although he had been cleared of any offence, the Catholic Church nevertheless condemned heliocentrism as "false and contrary to Scripture".
The date on the prompt image seems to fit in with these events.
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Another Life Cycle

AWOWS ~ Wordle 3
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seaweed tugs evaporation mist tiny released breathes slides water supercedes river embroidered
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Poetic Bloomings #2 ~ Rhythm of the falling rain
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One Shot Wednesday #45
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Parched and cracked
The old earths with
A thirst that
Supercedes
Evaporation
Guzzled
The torrential magic of
Unseasonal rains

Ochry palettes
Released
Tiny tugs of green life

While from the mist of
Other times
Some legendary
Mother River
Breathes and slides
The birth of Water
Down to Father Ocean

But this was just
A passing sigh
The rains came
The rains died
The earth cried for
A little while

And now I gaze on
A lonely sea
Embroidered with
Murmuring
Silken seaweed
Like relics
Like memories
Then turn
Wistfully to
The muddied river banks
Fading
Like Eurydice and
Drying
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Sterile Lace

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A Dromana street edited in Picnik (just to suit the nature of the following poem!)
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One Shot Wednesday #42
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Strained
Streetscape
Sterile lace
Grand money craft
Everyone's wrapped in their own images
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*NOTES:
1. This poetic form is called tetractys....1.2.3.4.10
2. hedgewitch has written a stunning, Italian sonnet called Compost of Earthly Delights:
This nightmare of strange bedfellows slapped into a music hall sonnet of dignity is like a walk through a sideshow alley of freak shows! Fear and fascination keep us walking! An amazing piece!


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Territorial Tribunal

Just For Fun #3 ~ Erasure Poem
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One Shot Poetry Wednesday #41
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A gathering of men and women
very rarely
visited by any leader


the tribunal of their own consciences


to form
a territory
of priceless value


fire
in solitary spheres




One Shot Wednesday is hosted by American Poets Brian Miller, Leslie Moon & Adam Dustus and British Poet Pete Marshall

Carousel Insomnia

Created in Picnik by Gemma Wisemnan
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Carry on Tuesday # 88 ~ Our prompt this week is part of the closing sentence of the 1950 film The Glass Menagerie:
And that is how I remember them.........
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Haiku Heights #26 ~ Insomnia
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One Single Impression #151 ~ Carnival
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One Shot Wednesday Week #29

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Carnival insomnia
Sharp tinkle of carousels
Wind up and wind out

Bright musical lights
How I remember them
Shambles in flashback
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One Shot Wednesday is hosted by American Poets Brian Miller, Leslie Moon & Adam Dustus and British Poet Pete Marshall