Cool Gardens

Cool Gardens
Cover of (Limited Edition) Book
Author(s)	Serj Tankian
Illustrator	Sako Shahinian
Cover artist	Sako Shahinian
Country	America
Language	English
Genre(s)	Poetry
Publisher	MTV
Publication date	2001
Published in English	2001
Pages	96
ISBN	978-0743457415
OCLC Number	50870079
Dewey Decimal	811/.6 22
LC Classification	PS3620.A686 C66 2002
Followed by	Glaring Through Oblivion

Cool Gardens is a poetry book by the lead singer of the band System of a Down, Serj Tankian. It was published by MTV Books and was released on October 1, 2002. It is a collection of seven to eight years of Tankian's reflections on life, and features artwork by fellow Angeleno, Sako Shahinian. The poetry, like the songs of System of a Down, consists of a reflection of societies and people's wrongs. It portrays what people do to themselves and the control others try to hold over them.

The book has received much praise in the artistic community.

Fellow poet and musician Saul Williams posted the following comments about Tankian's book:

Serj's words, like his voice, have a distinct aesthetic sensibility connected to an unyielding, visceral roar of passion. His capacity 'to mock a killing bird' while we wonder at the grace, beauty, and colorful range of his wingspan will be the trademark of both of his singing and writing careers. Serj is an amazing artist, full of passion, with a beautiful heart that pumps the essence of his vision and talent.^[1]

Cool Gardens Poem Listing

Prenatal Familiarities From Words To Portraits Mer Businessman vs. Homeless A Metaphor? Duty Free Fear Day Or Night Matter The Count Wet Flower Mercury City Of Blinds Compassion Brain Waves Compliment Rain Subatomic Music Days Inn Partial Moons Soil The Void Sun Bear Kevorkian Patient's Plee I Don't Want To Shower Desystemization Mix Information Silence Tars Nil Reality The Beautiful Jeffrey, Are You Listening? Freezing Pen Fermented Husbands Artco. Indentured Servitude Dawn Conquer? Circus Tiger Friik PsychiatryPsychiatry Orange Light Words Of A Madman My Words

Misunderstood Rose Defeatism Children Prop. 192 Child's Man I Am My Woman Overload Time For Bed Am Identity Permanently Plucked Shine Now Self Elimination New Ear Dr. Trance Puzzle Death A Mess Felix The Cat Revolution A Letter To Congress Data Minute Horizons Art Primrose Touche' Life Savers Nations One Word Lighter Addiction 12 Lives House Of Flies Cat Naps Culture NYC I Am Ready Her Eye Edge Of A Sink I'm Erica First Entry Flux

References

1. ^ "Cool Gardens (Paperback)". http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743457412.