The Energy of Slaves

The Energy of Slaves was the 4th collection of new poetry from Canadian poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen.

History
The Energy of Slaves was published in 1972 by McClelland & Stewart in Canada; by Viking Press in the United States; and by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom.

Writing

 * Stephen Scobie: "Another excursion into the anti-art mode, insisting that 'The poems don't love us any more,' and heading each page with a small black razor blade. Some of the poems are slight throwaways, but by and large this collection has 'aged' better than the more flamboyant Flowers for Hitler: its tone of mordant irony and self-criticism has a purity to it that retains (like a razor blade) its cutting edge."