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I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by mys

I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. – Leonard Cohen

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I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and hes written poetry then let the verdict be that hes a poet. – Leonard Cohen

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Poetry
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Leonard Cohen
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The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and its overturned the order of the soul… – Leonard Cohen

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Soul
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Leonard Cohen
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I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms. – Leonard Cohen

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Royalty, Kings, Queens
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At this point weve answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry… stuff that we like. Its fun. – Rene Auberjonois

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For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. – Carl Sandburg

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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation. – Natalie Merchant

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