Book of longing

Cohen, Leonard 1934- (Author).

Summary: This new collection--20 years in the making--of poetry and original illustrations by the legendary Leonard Cohen is timed to coincide with the release of the feature-length documentary, "I'm Your Man."

Record details

ISBN: 006112558X
ISBN: 9780061125584
ISBN: 9780061125614
ISBN: 006112561X
Physical Description: print
231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Ecco, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Poems.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Book of longing -- My life in robes -- His master's voice -- Roshi at 89 -- One of my letters -- You'd sing too -- S.O.S 1995 -- When I drink -- Better -- Lovesick Monk -- To a young nun -- Other writers -- Roshi -- Medicine -- True self -- Collapse of Zen -- Early morning at Mt. Baldy -- Leaving Mt. Baldy -- Dear Roshi -- Luckiest man in the world -- Party was over then too -- This is it -- This isn't China -- Takanawa Prince Hotel bar -- Seisen is dancing -- Moving into a period -- I never found the girl Just to have been one of them -- My consort -- Historic Claremont Village -- Disturbed this morning -- Body of loneliness -- Face can be composed -- All my news -- You are right, Sahara -- Early questions -- Moon -- Sweet time -- Food tastes good -- Fun -- We are not convinced -- Basket -- I believe that you are standing -- By the rivers dark -- Love itself -- You have loved enough -- Thousand kisses deep -- Split -- If you are young -- Alexandra leaving -- These portraits are far behind my A Puerto Rican song -- Boogie Street -- A limited degree -- A life of errands -- Wish me luck -- Mission -- Religious statues -- What did it -- Cigarette issue -- I miss my mother -- Thousands -- My baby wasn't there -- Dusko's Taverna 1967 -- Unbecoming -- Old automat on 23rd St. -- Paris again -- Too old -- Beach at Kamini -- During the day -- Laughter in the Pantheon -- Dear Diary -- Cold -- A magic cure -- Truth of the line -- Layton's question -- If you knew -- I wrote for love -- Lorca lives -- Mercy returns me -- Tradition -- Good Germans -- If I could help you -- A private gaze -- Remote -- Mist of pornography -- Promise of a youthful shirt -- Delay -- Montreal afternoon -- Reading to the Prime Minister -- Need the speed -- How could I have doubted -- Voice dictating in a plane of Europe -- Great event -- Paris sky -- Story thus far -- Sweetest little song -- Thing -- Stanzas for H.M. -- Why I love France -- One of those days -- Inner sweetness of the man -- Falling in love with you -- This book will beging to speak -- On the path -- My redeemer -- First of all -- Cross -- Tired -- Something from the early seventies -- We will all be airbrushed -- Butter dish -- Argument -- Much later -- Another Christopher -- Angry at 11 pm -- You don't want to go out anymore -- Separated -- Angry at 11 pm -- You don't want to go out any more -- Third invention -- My mother asleep -- Robert appears again -- My mother is not dead -- Shirley -- Best -- Clockwork -- Drunk is gender-free -- Never mind -- There is a moment -- Nightingale -- Faithless wife -- Travelling light #31 -- Backyard -- When I went out -- Vibrant, but dead -- Goal -- Work in progress -- For all my art... -- Opened my eyes -- Correct attitude -- Not a Jew -- Titles -- Puppets -- This mood has nothing to do with you -- Never once -- Who do you really remember -- This is the best way to do it -- Looking away -- Even some of my own -- Oh and one more thing -- Your heart -- What baffled me -- Wind moves -- Sorrows of the elderly -- Back in Montreal -- Alone at last -- Stunned and still not suffering -- Taxes children lost pussy -- Anything which refers -- Jana thinks of John -- My time -- Looking through my dreams -- So do you -- Now in my room -- Darkness enters -- Suggestions -- Jikan who pretended to be a poet -- Even now -- Another poet -- Pardon me -- Her friend -- I guess it's better to start a war -- It seemed the better way -- Great divide -- I am now able -- Flow -- My guitar -- A note to the Chinese reader -- We will not be staying -- Faith -- Here it is -- Worried of course -- There for you -- A promise -- Furthermore, you do not have -- Report to R.S.B. -- Irving and me at the hospital -- Sit still -- Still looking at the girls -- Because of a few songs -- Letters -- Only one thing make him happy -- Kitchen table -- Gravity -- Sun -- Soon there will be no one -- Road is too long -- Go little book -- Hospitality -- Centre -- Your relentless appetitie for new perspectives -- Better to be lost -- Inside our love -- I copied time -- But turn me on my side -- Lamp in Room 3 -- Cheater -- Flood.