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# Leonard Cohen Poem Nails Kanye West’s White House Rant
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/leonard-cohen-poem-nails-kanye-wests-white-house-rant/
- Published: 2018-10-17T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-10-17T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: After Kanye West dominated the new news cycle with a same-day rants at the White House and a Washington DC Apple store, singer-songwriter Amanda Shires took to Twitter with the words. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/10/leonard-cohen-poem-nails-kanye-wests-white-house-rant.html
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Social Media, Kanye West, Leonard Cohen, Trump, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

[![Kayne nuts](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad3b87133200b-200wi "Kayne nuts")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad3b87133200b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)After Kanye West dominated the new news cycle with a same-day rants at the White House and a Washington DC Apple store, singer-songwriter Amanda Shires took to Twitter with the words of now-departed songwriter Leonard Cohen and his poem “Kanye West Is Not Picasso.”Part of a newly released book by Cohen, [The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings](https://amzn.to/2CINXTw?ref=hypebot.com), the poem, though dated March 15, 2015, could not have been more timely.

> “Kanye West Is Not Picasso” by Leonard Cohen, from Cohen’s new book ‘The Flame.’ [pic.twitter.com/w5lUfkjdYv](https://t.co/w5lUfkjdYv?ref=hypebot.com)  
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> — S H I R E S’ $Hit Show (@amandashires) [October 11, 2018](https://twitter.com/amandashires/status/1050328471673688064?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com)