Ask Cohen Poem by Mike Barrett

Leonard Cohen has been one of my favorite poets since the mid '60s when I first discovered him. I read his 'Beautiful Losers' novel and then bought the albums he had on the market at that time. In his earlier songs it was clear to me he had 'the gift'; by his third album I felt that he had lost it and worked more through the mind that through Soul. Later in his life he reconnected with Soul and ITs beauty once again began to express itself through him.