Nearer to Peace than Poems
Gift
by Leonard Cohen, from The Spice-Box of Earth
You tell me that silence
is nearer to peace than poems
but if for my gift
I brought you silence
(for I know silence)
you would say
This is not silence
this is another poem
and you would hand it back to me
Cohen, L. (1965). The spice-box of earth. New York: Viking Press. (library)