
When I Went Out
A poem by Leonard Cohen
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A poem by Leonard Cohen
Read MoreAmong a lot of poems There was one I could never quite bring to mind Except that I had composed it A while back Going down this street This street …
Read MoreIn the hour before dawn They put you on their stage In the hour before dawn Near the Fountain of Tears In the hour before dawn Beside a lame schoolteacher …
Read MoreBrueghel was right— everyone sees nothing at least once in the life of a tragedy. To the left, in the painting, a tenant farmer walks behind a horse— four centuries …
Read MoreIf it walks like apocalypse. If it squawks like armageddon. If it stalks the earth like anaphylactic parturition. If the halo jams like septicemic laurels, if species recuse recuse if …
Read MoreThe sky opens it always does. From here to the lake the freshly born birds fall pink onto the streets from all the standing trees. I open my arms to …
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