What are you reading?

[petra]

For fun, for news, for whatever floats your boat; what sources of words are you enjoying at the moment?

Comments

[hannah]

Far and Away by Andrew Solomon. It's a collection of his pieces of travel writings. Also a collection of poems by Leonard Cohen, which includes a few songs like "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Democracy."

[petra]

That sounds fascinating. How do the non-song poems by Cohen strike you?

[lethe1]

I have an old collection of his poems and I cherish it. I used to know several of the poems by heart. One of my favourites:

MARITA
PLEASE FIND ME
I AM ALMOST 30

[petra]

Oh, the ache of "I AM ALMOST 30".