The Mist (Poem by Leonard Cohen)

[LiteGauge]

@TheQuantumNoise Yes, the unrequited melody is my own ;-)There's an earlier comment from someone saying that this poem was used as part of one of the songs on Death Of A Ladies Man, but I never really listened to that album more than a couple of times and don't recall these lyrics at all. I got the poem from The Energy Of Slaves, which was published in the UK in the 70s - the melody is from the same period.

[intersanctum]

nice guitar what brand it is, and the song is very nice, so glad i stumble upon it

[LiteGauge]

@intersanctum Thanks, it's a Cort 1200 Earth - nothing very special but a very beautiful and reasonably priced guitar :-)

[BravuraK]

Nice work....many thanks

Regards

Susan

[LiteGauge]

@BravuraK Thanks very much, Susan

[paganmaestro]

Originally published in The Spice Box Of Earth (1961), the first book of Leonard's that I came upon. Nicely done.

[LiteGauge]

Thanks, I think in the UK it was in the mid-sixties in a collection called The Energy Of Slaves.

[555Fiver555]

really nice. good melody. sometimes it's too obvious when a poem has been made into a song or vice versa and it doesnt quite come off, but this sounds very natural - well done.

[LiteGauge]

Thanks :)

[AnneCouture]

love the guitar and your playing.

would sound good with a female vocalist

cheers-

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :)

[Eagleray99]

Cohen put parts of this poem on a track called "True Love Leaves no Traces" on he album "Death of a Ladies Man" (which he considers his worst, but I rather like. This is absolutely lovely, a really nice piece of work.

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much. I didn't know that - I listened to Death of a Ladies Man once or twice but I must say that I was very put off by the change in style from his previous albums which I've always loved.

[joethfc]

This is very clever - im sure the man himself would approve

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :)

[speakinghuman]

At first I naturally had the impulse to label this as shit because it wasn't leonard cohen saying the poem

Though I'm trying to overcome judging, so I listened, and I really enjoyed it, because it sounds like you are expressing your own outlook and experience, which makes it a new poem altogether

Nice interpretation, thanks for uploading

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much

I take that as a real compliment

Regards

John

[ItinerateWolfMop]

A genius idea with beautiful execution. Cohen is by far my favorite poet.

[LiteGauge]

Thank you very much.