For years a cult figure in poetry and folk music, Leonard Cohen reemerged in the 2000s for a last dash across the cosmos as a moody and mystical troubadour before his death in 2016. Leonard Cohen's s…
Leonard Cohen
composer
Born: 9/21/1934
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Popular Canadian poet and songwriter whose first book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956). A grad…
(Stock Exchange term). The Turkish '69 loan, floated by the firm of that name. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CoifCogito ergo sum A B C D E F G H I …
Case SummaryA federal court ruled that Flast and the other plaintiffs did not have standing as taxpayers to challenge the use of federal funds for religious schools. “Standing“ is a legal requ…
Poetry resources and poetry in the public domain compiled by David Johnson Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still …
Fisher, Mahlon Leonard[1874-?](2)Born in Williamsport, Pa., July 20, 1874. Educated in private study and in the schools of his native city. Mr. Fisher took up architecture and practiced this…
A real scholar, forced for daily bread to keep a common school. (Crabbe: Borough, letter xxiv.) St. Leonard is usually represented in a deacon's dress, and holding chains or broken fetters…
CompensationWilliam Ellery LeonardI know the sorrows of the last abyss:
I walked the cold black pools without a star;
I lay on rock of unseen flint and spar;
I heard the execrable serpent hiss…
Name at birth: Alexandra Pauline CohenCohen's petite frame and gymnastic style earned her a following among figure skating fans in 2000. That year she finished a surprising second to reigning champ Mi…
COHEN, Stephen, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., May 24, 1949; B.A., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., 1971; J.D., Memphis State University, 1973; …
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