Tag Archives: leonard cohen

when I think

Posted on May 4, 2022 by AnElephantCant

when I think when I think of youI remember your hairuntamedtumbling across my pillowso thatwhile you sleepI breathe the scentof the Mistraldancing in the curls when I think of youI remember your eyessparklingtelling me everything I wantso thatI hear a … Continue reading →

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a song

Posted on March 8, 2022 by AnElephantCant

a song I used to singa song to youit was full of happy wordsand you’d join in the choruswhile I la lad the jaunty tune the words you lovedwere all my ownthough I stole the melodyfrom Lennywho you called Mr … Continue reading →

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many sins

Posted on May 3, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: many sins I hear the teardrops in your eyes please don’t cry because I’m gone I’m sure you’ll find another love but for me you were the one I recall again … Continue reading →

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you

Posted on November 26, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poem read aloud: You you think you’re old you meet someone you have no new words to say you think of every phrase you know they all sound dull and so clichéd but you write … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Lenny

Posted on November 12, 2016 by AnElephantCant

When I was a student at Glasgow University I went to a party at the home  of my friend Big Frank, in Bathgate Street, in Glasgow’s East End. At some point in the evening I heard a song on a … Continue reading →

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The Stranger

Posted on November 22, 2014 by AnElephantCant

in the night the dreams return eliminate all scents and flavours I hear the words of Leonard Cohen I told you when I came I was a stranger I live my life as each one must I stumble in and … Continue reading →

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Musical Misses Are Hits

Posted on January 14, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant find himself a Dream Lover He is pretty sure he must be doing something quite wrong He gets vividly vicarious thrills From all these different delectable girls Who he meets in these predominantly popular songs Long ago there is … Continue reading →

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Bibliophilia is Thrillier not Sillier

Posted on November 18, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant even nearly spell the word But he tries to describe it with a literary smile Despite his athletic good looks AnElephant just adores books Yep he is a lifelong card-carrying always-one-in-his-pocket bibliophile AnElephantCant explain the compulsion or attraction Which … Continue reading →

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AnElephant Makes Music Makes You Sick

Posted on July 12, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant claim to be musical He warbles like a cat on a string You can’t recognise the noise That he makes with his voice But he still likes to hear other folk sing He is rubbish on all sorts of … Continue reading →

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