Poets & Writers Theater
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“It was very, very bright and the moon was being reflected off of the snow, and I wrote that poem by the ice-reflected moonlight...” Leonard Cohen reads his poem “Two Went to Sleep” and talks about the origins of the lyrics for “Sisters of Mercy” in this Blank on Blank animated video of a 1974 interview with Kathleen Kendel.
Tags: interview | reading | animation | Leonard Cohen | Blank on Blank | Two Went to Sleep | Sisters of Mercy | Poetry