Dance Me to the End of Love

...a bow to Leonard Cohen

Dance Me to the End of Love

 

 

 

i’d  forever sleep

the day away

per chance to dream of you…

lift me like an olive branch

and dance me to the end of love.

 

your fingers, well versed

upon each curve

like the resin bow to a Stradivarius,

enticing you

orchestrating you

to dance me to the end of love.

 

oh, dance me to the end of love

woo me

like a Memphis moon

play me like a cello, tuned

 

dance me to the end of love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

I apologize Kelly, I did not realize the poem was meant to be a tribute TO Leonard Cohen. MSB

[Kelly Scheppers]

I appreciate that. Thank you!

[Michael Sun Bear]

It’s a beautiful poem Kelly but I wish you had not borrowed so heavily from the Master. He’s my favorite songwriter/poet and you are perhaps my favorite internet poet, and I wish to keep you both pure and separate. By the way, have you seen the movie of the last tribute concert, the one with Nick Cave, and the Wainwrights? I rewatch it every couple of months for a dose of inspiration and ecstasy. MSB

[Kelly Scheppers]

I borrowed an olive branch to write a poem about a songwriter I admired. I believe the master would have been delighted at my offering of a song title. Thank you.

[Buddhistboy73]

Dance me to the end of love indeed...:)
This is a sensual and beautifully written poem that evokes many sensations and feelings in the reader...

from someone looking to be wooed and held on the dancefloor of life......
Thanks for sharing this emotive piece Kelly....

BB73

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you most kindly. I appreciate your being here!

[Richard🖌]

Ohhh-MY, Dear Kelly! 🌾

How very chuffed Leonard would be to read your lavishly-creative, gorgeously-laid verses, inspired by his own unique style of brilliance.

Your perfect choice of Papyrus font - spaciously presented, combined with that elegant, sensually posed B/W photo, sets the perfect ambiance for your thrummingly rich lines of smooth flowing captivations to come ⁓ each played in irresistibly venereal, rhythmic enchantment.

"woo me
like a Memphis moon
play me like a cello, tuned

dance me to the end of love." (INDEED!)

Warmed in the effulgent glow of your femininely poetic radiance, I feel so completely, so warmly -- "embraced."
Thank you ever-so gratefully for treating us to another of your incomparably lovely originals … hugs, Kelly! ⁓ Richard🖌

[Kelly Scheppers]

I think I've just been wooed me like a Memphis moon! The WC is being selective these days, as to who it accommodates access to. So thrilled this one got through. Thank you for persevering through the madness! x

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I’ve loved him since a teen.
I still play his stuff today
A beautiful write thanks 🙏

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you most kindly, Julie! It's been difficult navigating the site lately, so I truly hope this goes through!

[Ted Kniffen]

I have had a most joyous association with the words and music of Leonard Cohen from 1968 unto the present. He has been a major influence in my writng and a sombre guide to whatever constitutes Love ... in all it's guises.
The song from which the title came is one of his best. I especially like the violin in this one.

Your words come across much as Cohen would write them ... soft and fluid with enough mystery to make us think.

Wekk done Kelly

[Kelly Scheppers]

He was a master genius and it was a privilege to honor him. Thank you, Ted!

[FGFRANKLIN]

Sounds like a most pleasurable coda to the waltz. I enjoyed the romantic tripping of the light fantastic.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you for fighting the glitches to get in, Fabian. Most appreciate your being here!

[Neville]

When Mr. LNC last wrote to me in mid 2012 (he was still mid tour) he mentioned how even after so many years, he still got a kick out of folk referencing him (my term) .. I know for a fact he will be beaming when he sees your version .. Every bit as good as I knew it would be Kelly .. Now I just got to stop my foot from tapping .. Ink perfectly spilt as always .. One of your biggest fans .. little old ME 😎🎶🎶🎵🎶🎶👍

[Kelly Scheppers]

You certainly know how to make me smile. So grateful for you, dear Nev!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Wonderful use of the instruments to play out this metaphor.
j.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Only you would think to compliment the instruments. Much appreciate that. The title was the perfect metaphor to compose a poem to. It ran circles in my head until I got it down on paper. What a genius that man was. Thanks so much, J!

[redzone]

big SIGH Kelly. It's a great Cohen song, but I think your poem lights it to the sky. I like that reference to a "Memphis Moon". "Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin."

While most see this as a "love song", it has a dual nature, passion and the end (death and/or love) and it was inspired by the way classical music often played as The Jews were sent to the concentration camps and then into the gas chambers. Cohen was a genius in his music and poetry and this song is one of his most passionate.

I love your poem Kelly, you had me find the song and dance... wanna join me?? ;0)

[Kelly Scheppers]

I love acknowledging the artistry of a song, making my own interpretation of it through poetry. The title alone was haunting to me, as were several lines he wrote. How I would love to dance to it! Thank you so much, Curt!