Old Friend – a poem for Leonard Cohen

On the anniversary of the singer’s death, a new work by John MacKenna

Musician Leonard Cohen has died aged 82, here is a selection of his greatest hits

John MacKenna

Tue Nov 7 2017 - 09:00

Old friend, you stumbled from that night

into the Way’s uncertain light;

your singing ceased, the grace note gone,

yet still I hear your priestly song.

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John MacKenna’s most recent collection of short stories is Once We Sang Like Other Men (New Island)