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Original Title:	Book of Longing
ISBN:	0771022298 (ISBN13: 9780771022296)
Edition Language:	English

Book of Longing Paperback | Pages: 240 pages

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Title	:	Book of Longing
Author	:	Leonard Cohen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	March 27th 2007 by McClelland & Stewart (first published April 25th 2006)
Categories	:	Poetry

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Leonard Cohen is one of the great writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is Cohen’s eagerly awaited new collection of poems, following his highly acclaimed 1984 title, Book of Mercy, and his hugely successful 1993 publication, Stranger Music, a Globe and Mail national bestseller. Book of Longing contains erotic, playful, and provocative line drawings and artwork on every page, by the author, which interact in exciting and unexpected ways on the page with poetry that is timeless, meditative, and at times darkly humorous. The book brings together all the elements that have brought Leonard Cohen’s artistry with language worldwide recognition. From the Hardcover edition.

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4/5 stars "The old are kind.The young are hot.Love may be blind.Desire is not."-Sorrows of the Elderly Anyone who knows me knows that I am in love with Leonard Cohen's music, so it was only a matter of time before I delved into his poetry. His tone in the poetry was similar to his music, but also felt very different to just read rather than listen to. His poetry was witty, intellectual, sometimes psychedelic and thought-provoking. I tabbed so many of my pages, just collecting my favourite poems

Leonard Cohen's poetry is... uneven. Some of the poems in this volume are wonderful little incantations. Others strike me as song lyrics-- and the unfortunate thing about song lyrics is that they tend to make horrible poetry, even if they're great lyrics, and a great lyricist Leonard Cohen undoubtedly is. And yet others are Zen-inspired pabulum that seemed fine in Allen Ginsberg's day, but now-- especially that I live in a Buddhist country, and have developed a repulsion towards Buddhism equal

This book. This beautiful, beautiful book. Damn, Im glad I picked this up. Ive never read such a wonderful combination of sensual reverie, raw but fading lust and something damn close to Zen enlightenment. Cohen is a good, perhaps great poet, but he was also a practicing Zen monk when he wrote these poems as well as a long standing pilgrim in faith of the holiness of the body. For every poem extolling the benefits of Zazen and mindfulness youll read another of fruitful and unalloyed appreciation

Only so far flagrant as to make one curious and often mystical. I enjoyed a few of these poems but all sins can be forgiven because it contains a mesmerizing meditation on the creative process and the artist. It's called Something from the early seventies. Leonard Cohen reminisces about his relationship with Nico in it, among other things. At one point he writes,"... Nothing anyone has ever said to me about the black photograph has meant fig to me, except Nico. She could read them. She knew what

One of the best lessons I learned from this book is to just let go and write, not worrying if it's going to be "good" or not. Don't get me wrong- there is incredible poetry in here (along with often very astute drawings) but there is also a lot "I promised myself I would write something". Some of it is inspired, some not.Included are lyrics to a few of my favorite Cohen songs, like "Alexandra Leaving" and "Love Itself" which only makes the collection better.Most of the poems/scribblings concern



Sadly, this is the best poem in this book:THOUSANDSOut of the thousandswho are known,or who want to be knownas poets,maybe one or twoare genuineand the rest are fakes,hanging around the sacred precinctstrying to look like the real thing.Needless to sayI am one of the fakes,and this is my story.