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Article #818044

Re: 'Tis May Now in New England / Bliss Carman

#818044
From: Will Dockery
Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 19:55
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On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 10:47:52 PM UTC-4, jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 10:47:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> > On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 10:42:40 PM UTC-4, jdcha...@gmail.com wrote: 
> > > On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 10:25:18 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: 
> > > > On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 10:11:55 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > > Your ignorance is showing again, Pendragon. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Leonard Cohen was a successful poet years before he became a Folk Rock singer. 
> > > > > 
> > > > We've been over this before, Donkey. 
> > > > 
> > > > "His first published book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956), was published by Dudek as the first book in the McGill Poetry Series the year after Cohen's graduation. The book contained poems written largely when Cohen was between the ages of 15 and 20, and Cohen dedicated the book to his late father.[11] The well-known Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye wrote a review of the book in which he gave Cohen 'restrained praise'.[11]...In 1966 Cohen also published Parasites of Heaven, a book of poems. Both Beautiful Losers and Parasites of Heaven received mixed reviews and sold few copies.[11]...And yet, despite his 'disappointing' career, and before ever publishing a song, Cohen was the subject of a 44-minute-long short documentary from the National Film Board called Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen...It was not until 1984 that Cohen published his next book of poems, Book of Mercy, which won him the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Poetry." 
> > > > 
> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen#Poetry_and_novels 
> > > > 
> > > > Try to remember it, so I don't have to explain things to you a third time. 
> > > "His poetry books "Spice box of Earth" and "Flowers for Hitler" were also published before his music career started... 
> > Exactly. 
> > 
> > Leonard Cohen was a poet years before becoming a singer-songwriter.
> and a novelist

Two great novels, correct:

Beautiful Losers

and

The Favorite Game.

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