In bed with Leonard Cohen
Posted: January 23, 2017 Filed under: andrea neidle, autobiography, Poetry, thoughts | Tags: Bob Dylan, Book of Longing, Buffy Sainte Marie, Dylan, Elvis, going back, leonard cohen, Leonard Cohen poetry, life, listening to Leonard Cohen, nostalgia, remembering, return to the past, Suzanne, the Beatles, The Everly Brothers, thoughts 5 Comments
I want to be back
Sitting on someone’s floor
at a party I’ve gate-crashed
Listening to some gorgeous long haired guy
singing Suzanne takes you down
And I want to see again
those photos of Elvis
having his hair cut for the army
And I want to be again
sneaking into my first X film
Hiding cigarettes from my parents
Holding hands with someone I’ve only just met
Dancing obscenely close in some Soho cellar
I want to be kissed again
For the very first time
I want to hear Buddy Holly on a juke box
Sip my first coke in a Wimpy bar
My first rum and coke in a real bar
I want to be hearing Dylan for the first time
The Beatles
Buffy Sainte Marie
The Everly Brothers
Leonard Cohen
I want to be hugged by my mum and dad
I want to be back
Take me back
But here I am
in bed with Leonard Cohen
And his Book of Longing
Longing to be back.
© Andrea Neidle, My Life in Poems
Loved this poem Andrea, which I so much identified with. Really took me back. Wonderful words and photos.
Thanks Danielle.
Thank you Danielle.
Dear Andrea
Thank you for the wonderful poem and the brilliant photos. The words and photos are wonderful. Takes me back!
X Irene
Thanks Irene. I wrote the poem in a fit of nostalgia after listening to Leonard Cohen – something I have been doing a great deal of late.