Oana Maria Cajal, whose graphics and videos inspired by Leonard Cohen are familiar to this site’s ongoing readers, is publishing Engravings On Unwritten Snow, a series of Poems and Picto-Impulses dedicated to the Canadian singer-songwriter. The above image and the following poem constitute the first entry of this series.

Engravings On Unwritten Snow / One
For Leonard Cohen

The heels of my heart
Leave traces on unwritten snow
They melt softly in your song
WITHOUT HESITATION
LIGHTLY
Dancing on frosted quietus
Iridescent regrets
Your longing for Kelef’s kindness
His unbounded devotion
Once more…

Posts featuring work by this artist are collected at Oana Maria Cajal.

I am republishing selected posts from my former Leonard Cohen site, Cohencentric, here on AllanShowalter.com (these posts can be found at Leonard Cohen). This entry was originally posted Jan 12, 2018.