Veronica Joseph Poet I do not know?

Leonard Cohen Translation

"And I'll dance with you in Vienna, 
I'll be wearing a river's disguise. 
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder 
my mouth on the dew of your thighs. 
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, 
with the photographs there and the moss. 
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty, 
my cheap violin and my cross. 

 "Take This Waltz", a 
 translation by Leonard Cohen of 
 the poem "Little Viennese Waltz" 
 by Federico García Lorca. 
" 
— Leonard Cohen (Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs)

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Veronica Joseph January 13, 2010 at 3:36 PM that's how I felt too Tim I was moved beyond words.

Carol Sunshine Brown January 13, 2010 at 6:58 AM I enjoyed reading your poetry today Veronica. Please continue to share your writing with us. I wish you the best with life and your writing endeavors whatever they may be. Love, Carol

Tim Ryerson January 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM This is truly a beautiful piece of work, Veronica!... I have read it four times already trying to take it all in...I have listened to Mr. Cohen's music in the past but it was only 'casual' back then...Now I think I'll have to take a second look!.... Tim