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I've only come lately to love Leonard Cohen's music.
Somehow Leonard belonged to my grade 8 teacher, Miss McGarvey, who was beautiful,emotionally detached, and about 23. All the girls idolized her. When a student asked this no nonsense English teacher what her favorite poem was, (this was in 1968) she replied "Suzanne". It was a revelation to me. A serious English teacher like Miss McGarvey preferring Cohen to Tennyson. Of course it was appropriate.
A while back I learned that Leonard Cohen found out where his old (both senses) kindergarten teacher lived (she was a family friend of ours) and sent a limo to take her to dinner. He also sent her flowers on her birthday. Ahh. Now that's a poet for you.
