Poems and Songs: Cohen (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Poems and Songs: Cohen (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

A magnificent selection of song lyrics and poems from across the storied career of one of the most daring and affecting poet-songwriters in the world.<br><br>In the more than half century since his first book of poems was published, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure who transcends genres and generations. This anthology contains a cross section of his five decades of influential work, including such legendary songs as €œSuzanne,€ €œSisters of Mercy,€ €œBird on the Wire,€ €œFamous Blue Raincoat,€ and €œI€m Your Man€ and searingly memorable poems from his many acclaimed poetry collections, including <i>Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers, </i>and <i>Death of a Lady€s Man.</i> Encompassing the erotic and the melancholy, the mystical and the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of dazzling intelligence and live-wire emotional immediacy.