Poems Recited by |
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Leonard Cohen |
| "For Wilf and His House" from Let Us Compare Mythologies (Recited on Six Montreal Poets) |
| "Prayer for Messiah" from Let Us Compare Mythologies (Recited on Ladies and Gentlemen...Mr. Leonard Cohen) |
| "Poem" from Let Us Compare Mythologies |
| "Beside the Shepherd" from Let Us Compare Mythologies |
| "These Heroics" from Let Us Compare Mythologies |
| "Dead Song" from The Spice-Box of Earth (Recited on Live At The Isle of Wight CD under the title "Intro to Poems") |
| "Gift" from The Spice-Box of Earth |
| "You Have the Lovers" from The Spice-Box of Earth (Also available here) |
| "Beneath My Hands" from The Spice-Box of Earth (Recited on Ladies and Gentlemen...Mr. Leonard Cohen) |
| "My Lady Can Sleep" from The Spice-Box of Earth |
| "A Kite Is a Victim" (partial) from The Spice-Box of Earth |
| "As the Mist Leaves No Scar" (partial) from The Spice-Box of Earth (Recited on Ladies and Gentlemen...Mr. Leonard Cohen) (Also available here) |
| "For Anne" from The Spice-Box of Earth |
| "The Rest Is Dross" from Flowers for Hitler (Recited on the CBC program Authors, Part II, February 8, 1979) |
| "For E.J.P." from Flowers for Hitler (Recited at 92Y on February 14, 1966) |
| "The Music Crept by Us" from Flowers for Hitler (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| Leonard reads from Beautiful Losers. (Recorded live at 92nd Street Y, New York on February 14, 1966) (Also available here) |
| "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" from Beautiful Losers. (Recorded live at 92nd Street Y, New York on February 14, 1966) (Also available here) |
| "Poen," Leonard reads and re-reads a prose poem from Beautiful Losers diverse photographs flash by, juxtaposing word and image for a different effect each time.) |
| "A Person Who Eats Meat" from Selected Poems 1956-1968 (Recited on Live At The Isle of Wight CD under the title "A Person Who Eats Meat" with minor modifications) |
| "A Person Who Eats Meat" from Selected Poems 1956-1968 and Stranger Music (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "It's Good to Sit with People" from Selected Poems 1956-1968 (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "Marita" from Selected Poems 1956-1968 (Recited on "Mixed Bag" with Pete Fornatale on WNEW-FM in New York) |
| "They locked up a man" from The Energy of Slaves (Recited on Live At The Isle of Wight CD under the title "They Locked Up A Man") |
| "I did not know until you walked away" from The Energy of Slaves (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "Come down to my room" from The Energy of Slaves and Stranger Music (entitled "My Room" in Stranger Music) (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "Valentina gave me four months" from The Energy of Slaves (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "I know there's no such thing as hell or heaven" from The Energy of Slaves and Stranger Music (entitled "1967" in Stranger Music) (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "the 15-year-old girls" from The Energy of Slaves (Recited on May 15, 1976 at his Glasgow concert) |
| "I perceived the outline of your breasts" from The Energy of Slaves and Stranger Music |
| "How we used to approach The Book of Changes: 1966" from The Energy of Slaves |
| "Slowly I Married Her" from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited on the CBC program Authors, Part II, February 8, 1979) |
| "Hurry to Your Dinner" (partial) from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited during a radio interview in the 1970's) |
| "Petitions" (draft) from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited during a radio interview in the 1970's) |
| "The Language of Love" (draft) from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited during a radio interview in the 1970's) |
| "How to Speak Poetry" from Death of a Lady's Man |
| "How to Speak Poetry" (draft) from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited during a radio interview in the 1970's) |
| "Change" (draft) from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited during a radio interview in the 1970's) |
| "This Marriage" (draft) from Death of a Lady's Man (Recited during a radio interview in the 1970's) |
| "This Marriage" from Death of a Lady's Man |
| "The Dream" from Death of a Lady's Man |
| "In the eyes of men he falls, and in his own eyes too" from Book of Mercy (Recited on "Mixed Bag" with Pete Fornatale on WNEW-FM in New York) |
| "The Captain" from Stranger Music (Recited in concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1985.) |
| "The Captain" from Stranger Music (Recited in concert at Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1985.) |
| "Democracy" from Stranger Music |
| "Days of Kindness" from Stranger Music |
| "A Thousand Kisses Deep" (partial) from Book of Longing (Substantial modifications from book version.) |
| "A Thousand Kisses Deep" (partial) from Book of Longing (Substantial modifications from book version.) |
| "A Thousand Kisses Deep" (partial) from Book of Longing (Substantial modifications from book version.) |
| "A Thousand Kisses Deep" (partial) from Book of Longing (A composite of several recitations with substantial modifications from book version.) |
| "A Thousand Kisses Deep" (partial) from Book of Longing (Recited for SONY advertisement.) |
| "Roshi at 89" from Book of Longing (Recited in the "Spring 96" documentary.) |
| "The Book of Longing" from Book of Longing (Recitation accompanied by music by Philip Glass.) (Also available here) |
| "The Book of Longing" from Book of Longing (Sung on KCRW.) |
| "Puppets" from Book of Longing (Recited on KCRW.) (Also available here) |
| "Thousands" from Book of Longing |
| "Mission" from Book of Longing |
| RECITATION OF WORKS BY OTHERS: |
| "Sound of Silence", a tribute to Paul Simon. (Also available here) |
| "Since You Asked", a tribute to Judy Collins. |
| "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae for Legion Magazine. |
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