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Thanks to Poetry Quebec for doing a write up. The full story with many photos at:

http://www.poetry-quebec.com/pq/article/article_95.shtml

Cake by Patisserie Yuki, Photo © Poetry Quebec

Editor Locke with Friesens representative Dominic Papineau. Photo © Poetry Quebec

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75 of the world’s best poets reflect on the poetry of Leonard Cohen.

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All proceeds go to the Foundation for Public Poetry’s Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program.

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The Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program hits the national airwaves:

http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20090921.shtml

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TORONTO

“…just want to say it was a fabulous event last night… And the anthology looks wonderful. I am pleased to be a part of it. The readings went swell and there was also cake…” — Toronto poet, Desi di Nardo

” The launch for the anthology, Leonard Cohen: You’re Our Man–75 poets reflect on the poetry of Leonard Cohen, was a great success. The room downstairs at Type Books was packed. Literary portraits on the walls, including one of Irving Layton, looked on benignly as we read. As MC, I opened the event with “Once Having Known You” to celebrate the birthday. This sound poem, which the whole gang performed together as an instant orchestra, appeared, co-incidentally, in my anthologized piece. Robert Priest also had the crowd participate in his “Leonard Koans”. Surprisingly enough, the erotic was a dominant theme among the women readers. Max Layton was the only person present who’d actually met our man Leonard, though Goran Simic came a near miss). Sales were brisk, and there was much signing of anthologies by all the poets present. We had our words and ate them too: the cakes, both chocolate and carrot, were delicious. And yes, we sang “Happy Birthday!” to Leonard, and, it turned out, to Laurie Graham, who shares his birthday. Reading were Rachel Delph, Desi di Nardo, Catherine Graham, Laurie Graham, Heather Jessop, Penn Kemp, Max Layton, Robert Priest, Goran Simic and Marcel Soulliere. Thanks to our esteemed editor, J. J. Locke of Foundation for Public Poetry/Fondation Poésie Publique, and Type Books for the grand occasion to celebrate Leonard Cohen… and poetry! — Poet Penn Kemp

WESTMOUNT/MONTREAL

“LEONARD COHEN YOU’RE OUR MAN” BOOK LAUNCH

(see second montreal event – Sept. 21 – below)

18 GREAT POETS
7:30 PM
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
Westmount High School Auditorium
4350 Ste. Catherine St. West
Westmount, Quebec.

Cover by Monica Hellstrom

Adult Tickets $5 Students free

Book poets who have confirmed to attend include: Meredith Darling, Ann Weinstein, Jason Camlot, Ann Lloyd, David Solway, Donna Yates-Adelman, Michael Mirolla, Jeffrey Mackie, Angela Leuck, John Fretz, Grace Moore, Rona Feldman Shefler, Sue Borgersen, erika n. white, Sandra Sjollema, Brian Campbell, Eleni Zisimatos, and Westmount teacher Ryan Ruddick!

Proceeds to the “Leonard Cohen Poet In Residence” program to benefit the students of Westmount High(Leonard’s old high school.)

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

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EDMONTON

Edmonton poet Allison Akgungor will help launch the Leonard Cohen You’re Our Man book in Edmonton at the Sept. 18 Leonard Cohen Night, “A Tower of Song” concert, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.

The concert features Leonard’s son musician Adam Cohen.

Info at: http://www.leonardcohennights.org/ Expected audience at this event will be 1,500 – 2,000 persons.

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WESTMOUNT/MONTREAL

Leonard Cohen 75th Birthday Gala and Silent Auction

Limited Edition Print to be auctioned at Gala

7 P.M. Monday, Sept. 21
Atwater Library Auditorium, 1200 Atwater Ave.
To reserve Tickets($75), call (514) 484-9958

A special guest, David Seaman, is flying in from Statesboro, Georgia for the Gala. He will read his poem, ‘Waiting for Barbara,’ inspired by “Waiting for Marianne” from Leonard Cohen’s “Flowers for Hitler.” In addition, we will have Rona Feldman Shefler (a former classmate of Cohen’s,) Erica Ruth Kelly, Jessica Mailas, Ehab Lotayef, erica n. white, Paris Elizabeth Sea, Blossom Thom, Ann Weinstein, WESTMOUNT HIGH teacher Ryan Ruddick, Sandra Stephenson, Linda Marics, Marcia Goldberg, Grace Moore, Meredith Darling, Lydia Lockett, Katherine Beeman, Nelly Roffé, Phyllis Guss, Michael Mirolla, Denis Brault, & Sandra Sjollema.

All proceeds from the Gala and Silent Auction will support the Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence Program at Westmount High(Leonard’s old high school.)

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TORONTO

A Leonard Cohen You’re Our Man book launch will be held at :

7 PM, Monday, Sept. 21

TYPE BOOKS

883 Queen St West. <www.typebooks.ca>

Featuring; Rachel Delph, Goran Simic, Laurie Graham, Penn Kemp, Marcel Soulliere, Max Layton, and Catherine Graha.

Hello Poets,

Sorry for being tardy. Doing layout for the book on Microsoft Word has been a challenge, but I ain’t complaining. The 75 poets selected come primarily from Leonard’s home town, Montreal. Others come from across Canada, the U.S.A., the United Kingdom/England, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, Portugal, Israel, Cyprus, France, and I am sure I am forgetting one or two other countries. But you’ve excused my errors before, and I hope you will once(or twice) more.  Merci to all who submitted!!  Here are the selected poets with poem titles:

Allison Akgungor    LONGING FOR LEONARD
Nick Appleyard    AFTER DARK
Margaret Atwood    SETTING LEONARD TO MUSIC
Elizabeth Bachinsky    LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…MR. LEONARD COHEN (II)
Katharine Beeman    LINEUP
Frank Alan Bella    NOVUS CREDO
Roxanna Bennett    SO LONG LEONARD
Denis Berthoud    UNTITLED
Susan Borgersen    SISTER OF NO MERCY
A. T. (Alison)Brunner    FRUITION
Jason Camlot    UNKNOWN LEONARD COHEN
Brian Campbell    TWO WENT TO SLEEP
J.R. Carpenter    SNOW IS FALLING SOMEWHERE
steve dalachinsky    THE WIRED NUN
Meredith Darling    LADY VAGABOND
Rachel Delph    GUIDED TOURS OF HELL
Desi Di Nardo    THE HOLY MAN
Joanne Faryon    LC  PART 1 & PART 2
Susan Ruth Fitch    MY LOVE’S ATTITUDE SOME FIND AUSTERE
Marianna Foka    PARCHED WORDS
John Fretz    LEONARD COHEN’S 75TH BIRTHDAY
Laurie Fuhr    THE SHAPE OF YOUR LOVE TWISTED ME
Rodger Gerberding    ONE OF ALL, OF MANY
Melissa A. Goddard    THE DREAMER
Catherine Graham    NOW I WAS NOT IN THIS DREAM
Laurie D. Graham    REFUGE BAY, FLORIDA
Melissa Hansen    THE TINY HORROR
Brian J. Hatcher    TOMBSTONE MUSES
Gili Hirsch    A TALE IN 20
Tiffany Howell    MESSY BONES
Heather Jessup    DEAR BREAVMAN
Myna Lee Johnstone    THIS AMERICAN MAN
Maartje Katzenbauer    CRY FOR THE MOON
Penn Kemp    THE DREAM PERFORMANCE
Max Layton    IN THE GARDEN OF I AM
Kévin Lehénaff    SISTERS OF THE MOON
Angela Leuck    GARDEN HAIKU; PILGRIMAGE; THE LATEST CRUSADE; LAMENT
Ann Lloyd    RESPONSE TO CLOSING TIME
Ehab Lotayef    BAGHDAD!
Diana Loureiro    THIS NIGHT I WAS UNDRESSED BY THE SILENCE
Jeffrey Mackie    RESPONSE TO COHEN
Sean Labrador y Manzano    DEMOCRACY
Garth Martens    JEALOUSY
Michael Mirolla    ALTERNATE UNIVERSES
Grace Moore    THE SERIOUS GOVERNANCE OF CANADA
Brian Nowlin    INTELLECTUAL AND EROTIC ADVENTURES
Tarn Painter-MacArthur    ST KILDA 1910
Lesley Pasquin    PROPHETESS
Lynn Patmalnee        ON FIRST READING “CELEBRATION”
Robert Priest    THE LEONARD KOANS
Shaunagh Darling Robertson    LOOK AT ME, LEONARD
Ain Roost    NOTES TO SELF: THE LOCATION OF JOY
Chantel Rosario    DESIRE
Ryan Ruddick    SORRY ALL OVER
Lori Runkle    WHEN THIS AMERICAN MAN
Jacob Scheier    YOU’RE THE KIND OF WOMAN
Nicoline Schor    LOVERS ON LOVERS(1)
Finn White    LOVERS ON LOVERS(2)
David W. Seaman    WAITING FOR BARBARA
Rona Feldman Shefler    PEDDLER
Goran Simic    OLD MAN WAITING FOR THE LOST LETTER
Sandra Sjollema    LOST MY BODY
David Solway    LOVE
Marcel Soulliere    Untitled
karen elaine spencer    I DREAMT LEONARD COHEN
Ani Kusmenoglu Tuna    LIKE A MERMAID
Inna Veytsman    THE FAITHLESS WIFE’S RESPONSE
Marcus Watney    WE, THE GREEK
Tom Wayman    LEONARD COHEN DIDN’T GET ME LAID
Ann Weinstein    RITES
erika n. white     I GO FOR NOTHING
Lieven Willems    LEONARD’S PAGES
Hazel Woodward    … SELF-INVESTIGATION WITHOUT SELF-INDULGENCE…
Donna Yates-Adelman    BEFORE HE NEEDED ME
Eleni Zisimatos    NOT A CARE

First, we would like to thank everyone who submitted work. Now the fun begins of reviewing, editing, and preparing for publication. Submissions came from all corners of the planet(all five corners.) Updates will be made as we make our way forward. Again, thanks to everyone who submitted.

From Leonard Cohen's, Back In Montreal

CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS

In honour of Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday (September 21, 2009,) the Foundation for Public Poetry/Fondation Poésie Publique is seeking submissions of poetry(poetic responses) based upon Leonard Cohen’s poetry. A maximum of seventy-five poems will be selected for this publication.

The publication is a fundraising initiative to help support the commencement of a Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program at Leonard’s old high school(Westmount High.)

All submissions will be considered to grant the Foundation for Public Poetry anthology rights. Submissions should include a note of reference to the Cohen poem which the author is responding to. Authors should also include a three-line biography and complete contact information.

Deadline for submissions is July 12, 2009.