[Detour]

Enjoying this thread very much. Thank you to all who have contributed so far. I had the great honor and extreme pleasure of listening to Leonard Cohen recite verses (including new verses) from "A Thousand Kisses Deep" a few nights ago in Dallas. Someone posted video of that on youtube. A favorite of mine for sure, but I won't post it here because I'm certain it would violate copyright.

Here's a favorite bit of verse that fits my mood as I bask in the glow of that memory:

Go, lady! lean to the night-guitar,
And drop a smile to the bringer;
Then smile as sweetly, when he is far,
At the voice of an in-door singer.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
from "A Woman's Shortcomings"