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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen

Born: 21 September 1934 • Died: 7 November 2016

Leonard Cohen’s artistic career began in 1956 with the publication of his first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies. He published two novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, and ten books of poetry, most recently Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs and Book of Longing. During a recording career that spanned almost fifty years, he released fourteen studio albums, the last of which, You Want It Darker, was released in 2016. Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and was awarded the Glenn Gould Prize in 2011. He died on November 7, 2016. (Source)

Poems by Leonard Cohen

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Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye by Leonard Cohen

February 9, 2012
I can’t sleep. I can’t work. Not being part of someone’s life—I think that will always be one of my biggest hurts. Do you know that warmth you get while in a relationship? The one where you felt so beautiful? […]
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Had We Nothing to Prove by Leonard Cohen

September 18, 2011
"Had we nothing to prove / we might have leaned all night at that window," – Leonard Cohen
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These Heroics by Leonard Cohen

April 10, 2011
"do you think that I would remain in this room, / reciting poems to you," — Leonard Cohen
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Anthem by Leonard Cohen

March 27, 2011
"Ring the bells that still can ring / Forget your perfect offering" — Leonard Cohen
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Love Itself by Leonard Cohen

March 5, 2011
"The light came through the window now / straight from the sun above," — Leonard Cohen
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I Wonder How Many People in This City by Leonard Cohen

January 30, 2011
"I swear I see a face in every window / looking back at me" — Leonard Cohen
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I Am Dying by Leonard Cohen

January 4, 2011
"I don't want a purpose / in your life / I want to be lost among your thoughts" — Leonard Cohen
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Beneath My Hands by Leonard Cohen

May 22, 2010
"I want them / to surrender before you / the trembling rhyme of your face / from their deep caskets." — Leonard Cohen
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How Could I Have Doubted by Leonard Cohen

May 21, 2010
“Tears run down my cheeks / I am in love again” — Leonard Cohen
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All There is to Know About Adolph Eichmann by Leonard Cohen

December 5, 2005
“What did you expect? / Talons? / Oversize incisors? / Green saliva? / Madness?” — Leonard Cohen
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Sorrows of the Elderly by Leonard Cohen

September 25, 2005
“The old are kind / but the young are hot.” — Leonard Cohen