A review by tm39
The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings by Leonard Cohen

4.0

leonard cohen!!! <3

this collection is so wonderful and interesting. like with any collection (whether that be poetry, short stories, essays, etc.) this book has hits & misses. overall, though, it was amazing. cohen’s mind was GENIUS & MASSIVE! so many great great great pieces in here. i’ll miss him forever :,(

here’s some fave excerpts:

“because there was never anything better
I did in the human world
than to lie down in the fields of frankincense
with you”

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“You took my ring
and threw it in the garbage
I’ve been looking thru
the garbage ever since
if you find yourself
beside the city dump sometime
you’ll find it covered
with my fingerprints”

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“I see you in windows
that open so wide
there’s nothing beyond them,
and nothing inside.

You take off your sandals
you shake out your hair,
your beauty dismantled
and worn everywhere.

The story’s been written.
The letter’s been sealed.
You gave me a lily,
but now it’s a field.”
- Full Employment

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+ so many more beautiful & sad & touching quotes