You Own the World, So Never Mind

in poem •  7 years ago  (edited)


Book of Longing, a collection of poetry, prose and drawings by Leonard Cohen.

李歐納·柯恩的文字一直帶有神秘主義的色彩,灰暗深沈又隱晦。
他是歌手也是詩人,是作家是畫家也是僧人 。是我最喜歡的歌手之一。
<<渴望之書>>裡的這首詩 Never Mind 講述的是戰爭,柯恩後來也將這首詩重新改寫成一首歌,歌的名字叫Nevermind, 把對戰爭的批判寫得更清楚了一些。 但詩總還是更美的,因為有大量的留白。就像他在這首詩裡寫的:I could not kill/ The way you kill/ I could not hate/ I tried I failed, 沒有流露情緒,沒有大聲的指責和批判,想表達的卻清楚又強烈地全被讀出來了,看似疏離安靜但其實力量強大,感覺很美。

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@musigny great words . Amazing poem perfectly written. Are you a poet??

I write but I'm not really a poet haha :)