Eight-line Poems 2

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

And you’d be miserable too
with his great cloak of pessimism
draped about your shoulders
and that crack of light insufficient
to illuminate your world.

Some poets are mere glowsticks
that need to be broken
before shedding any light at all.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 06.05.25
Prompt: "There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in." ― Leonard Cohen (from his song “Anthem”).