Monday, January 13, 2003

Tower Of Song Comments

Rating: 3.6

Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day
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Sylvia Frances Chan 29 April 2021

Congratulations for the Modern Poem Of The Day, most deserving Song poem.To the family of the late poet

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Sylvia Frances Chan 29 April 2021

Wonderful Song of Leonard Cohen, the world famous Song writer and singer. So sad he passed away.

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Keith Brown 24 April 2020

Please print it all don’t tease

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Dr Antony Theodore 24 April 2020

And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day Oh in the Tower of Song... imaginary tower where you sit and sing in the old age. life experiences. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 03 April 2020

And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day Oh in the Tower of Song. lost in the tower of song.. very poetic. tony

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Michael Walker 06 February 2020

'I ache in the places where I used to play'.

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Michael Walker 01 November 2019

This song is so brilliant. Paying rent every day in thee tower of song. He heard Hank Williams 100 floors above him, 'coughing all night long'. The only thing with your selections of Cohen, is that they are a part of his songs, rather than poems. Leonard wrote books of poetry also.

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Konab Ghumman 03 April 2019

short and love to read.

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Konab Ghumman 03 April 2019

A pleasure to read a wonderful work.

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Astro Jerm 21 February 2019

Leonard will always live on through his heart touching words and vibrations.. Great piece!

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I'm just paying my rent every day Oh in the Tower of Song Beautiful

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Khairul Ahsan 18 February 2019

'I ache in the places where I used to play' - the most beautiful line of the poem! Congratulations on the poem's selection as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

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Michael Walker 18 February 2019

This could well be Leonard Cohen's best song. I never tire of hearing it.

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Benjmin Uy 18 February 2019

Great Leonrd amd the song continues, Hallelujah the great voice

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Iftekhar Ifti 18 February 2019

It’s telling the time we are being

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Glen Kappy 18 February 2019

leonard cohen is another one i'm glad to see featured today—one of the singer-songwriters whose lyrics stand up as poetry. how i relate to, i ache in places where i used to play! may all of us stay crazy for love. -gk

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Rajnish Manga 18 February 2019

'My friends are gone' evokes a lonely and sad feeling. Masterclass. Thanks.

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Jasbir Chatterjee 18 February 2019

What a lovely poem on ageing! Thanks for sharing it. Congrats on being Poet of the day!

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Mahtab Bangalee 18 February 2019

love is coming to the tower of heart to the tower of melody its life its joy of crazy! ......../// wonderful poem

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Dr Antony Theodore 18 February 2019

And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on I'm just paying my rent every day and the tower of song. a very fine poem. tony

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