davidave

i downloaded a mp3 off freewire that has tori amo's silent all these years preceded by a reading of "poem" by leonard cohen.

does anyone know where the reading of poem came from?

thanks

dave

gilbertr76

Mayhap a few lines might be helpful in identifying the peom.

davidave

the poem is called poem

I heard of a man
who says words so beautifully
that if he only speaks their name
women give themselves to him.


If I am dumb beside your body
while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips.
it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside the door.

Tscott

Rare On Air, Vol. 1: KCRW Live Performances

Great CD, but it may be hard to find now.

http://www.moretothepoint.org/music/rare/roa1.html

davidave

wow that's really helpful, do you know if the prelude was done in studio or part of another album?

Jackskeleton

Good Ol' KCRW. a great station.

Tscott

The CD is all live performances in the studio so the poem would be too. I just did a quick search on google ("leonard cohen" "silence blossoms") and found the poem came from a book of poems by him called "Let Us Compare Mythologies". Although, it looks like that book is out of print as well and may be harder to find then the CD.

http://www.webheights.net/cohenconcordance/lucm.htm
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/lcbook1.html

ViewAskewbian

You can find the Leonard Cohen poem in a book of collected poetry still in print called Stranger Music.

einTier

Tori also covered the Cohen song "Famous Blue Raincoat"