THE ENERGY OF SLAVES Title The Energy Of Slaves Year published 1972 Publisher McClelland And Stewart Ltd., Toronto Pages 127 Notes ISBN Hardback 0-7710-2204-2 ISBN Paperback 0-7710-2203-4 Summary 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.  Summary written for The Leonard Cohen Files by professor Stephen Scobie, copyright © 1997. From the collection of Linda and Dick Straub: White cover: first UK edition by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London Green cover: first US edition by The Viking Press, New York