TheBanyanTree: Poem: Hallelujah

[Linda DeMerle]

Thank you! It’s the first tine I’ve written a rhymer, aside from the odd limerick or two for the Woofess. Maybe this is a thing.


> On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes, she's very talented!
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> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Barb Edlen <mountainwhisper at att.net>
> wrote:
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>> You are so very talented.
>> 
>> "Locked into autumn's kiss."
>> 
>> Pure magic.
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>> ✿*ﾟ‘ﾟ･.｡.:*
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>>> On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Twigllet <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> Hallelujah
>>> 
>>> When they bury Leonard Cohen
>>> Will it be a day like this
>>> Crisp, green, littered with leaves
>>> Locked into autumn's kiss
>>> 
>>> Will the mourners gather solemnly
>>> And whisper among themselves
>>> Saying "Leonard was so spiritual
>>> He'd never go to hell
>>> Leonard was so talented
>>> He never thought it so
>>> Bemused by the clamor
>>> He sought to let it go
>>> The Jew became a Buddhist
>>> Even a monk it's hard to say
>>> Which part of life he loved the best
>>> Until his dying day"
>>> 
>>> "And Leonard was so popular
>>> The best did sing his songs
>>> The ones he wrote for groceries
>>> His pragmatism won
>>> He never liked pretension
>>> This life is what it is
>>> He'd try to live it better
>>> And never put on airs."
>>> 
>>> Too many people sang that song
>>> They simply couldn't see
>>> That in their many versions
>>> They bored the listeners keen
>>> The gem rolled out of storage
>>> And shone in every way
>>> Now when it plays, like Leonard
>>> We sigh and turn away
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