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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.
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| Author | Serj Tankian |
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| Illustrator | Sako Shahinian |
| Cover artist | Sako Shahinian |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | MTV |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | America |
Published in English | 2001 |
| Media type | Print (paperback), audiobook |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7434-5741-5 |
| OCLC | 50870079 |
| 811/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3620.A686 C66 2002 |
| Followed by | Glaring Through Oblivion |
The book has received much praise in the artistic community.
Poem listing
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Adaptations
editOn September 22, 2020, Cool Gardens was released as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by author, Tankian.[citation needed] The audiobook format has a runtime of one hour, six minutes. Three videos highlighting the spoken word versions of "Nil," "My Words," and "City of Blinds," featuring art and animation by Philadelphia-based artist D.S. Bradford, were released leading up to and after the audiobook's release.[1]