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sie_grace13's review against another edition
4.0
A wonderfully crafted escape from everything going on in the world right now. My heart is full but somehow crushed all at once.
Thank you, Leonard.
One two three, one two three one.
Thank you, Leonard.
One two three, one two three one.
sarahnquigley's review against another edition
5.0
I am eternally grateful that Leonard Cohen was part of this world.
livmccaughey's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
laura_trap's review against another edition
5.0
I spent my entire Sunday reading this beautiful (and last) collection of Leonard Cohen's work. He is one of my favorite poets, I find that his voice is true, his writing has a sharp edge and dry wit to it that I connect to. And "The Flame" is no different. In this collection, which truly is a wide ranging collection of poetry, lyrics, snippets from various notebooks, and such, focuses on mortality and death, yet light and flame, there is a sense of lamentation here, a sense of God and religion, of reliving and walking through memory, of remembering the feeling of desire now that is extinct in old age. Cohen's final works are brilliant, touching, and emotionally moving. Unlike some of this other works which leaned towards a crassness and desire, here there is a certain tenderness, like this words reach out to caress the reader's hand as you read. One particularly piece of imagery that re-occurred through the poems was the image of the lily - a beautiful flower, associate with renewal in Christianity, they are also the flower for funerals. I did not want to part with this book, his words were so touching. Yet there was his humor too, his wittiness, and vitality, those were not absent, but presented along with the more sobering thoughts of memory, mortality, and the snuffing of a flame.
"out of the night/ the trees step forward/ a solitary bird/ sharpens its song/ on the stone-gray dawn"
"out of the night/ the trees step forward/ a solitary bird/ sharpens its song/ on the stone-gray dawn"
margarete's review against another edition
3.0
enjoyed the first half but it got repetitive. Leonard Cohen still the GOAT tho
bookalong's review against another edition
5.0
This book is so lovely! Cohen is one of my favorites! His poetry is unlike any other. It is so captivating. This man was a true wordsmith.
This book contains his final poems and previously unpublished works before he passed in 2016. Included are selections from his notebooks that he kept throughout his life, as well as illustrations, prose, and lyrics. If you havent read any of his work before he's a must!
This book contains his final poems and previously unpublished works before he passed in 2016. Included are selections from his notebooks that he kept throughout his life, as well as illustrations, prose, and lyrics. If you havent read any of his work before he's a must!
bookalong's review against another edition
5.0
'Sleep baby sleep
The day's on the run
The wind in the trees
Is talking in tongues
If your heart is torn
I dont wonder why
If the night is long
Here's my lullaby'
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This book is so lovely! Cohen is one of my favorites! His poetry is unlike any other. It is so captivating. This man was a true wordsmith.
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This book contains his final poems and previously unpublished works before he passed in 2016. Included are selections from his notebooks that he kept throughout his life, as well as illustrations, prose, and lyrics. If you havent read any of his work before he's a must!
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
The day's on the run
The wind in the trees
Is talking in tongues
If your heart is torn
I dont wonder why
If the night is long
Here's my lullaby'
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This book is so lovely! Cohen is one of my favorites! His poetry is unlike any other. It is so captivating. This man was a true wordsmith.
•
This book contains his final poems and previously unpublished works before he passed in 2016. Included are selections from his notebooks that he kept throughout his life, as well as illustrations, prose, and lyrics. If you havent read any of his work before he's a must!
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
lwalla01's review against another edition
2.0
FINALLY. This was truly a pain to get through. The speech at the end was touching though. Not quite sure how this made a best poetry of 2018 list.