# Cool Gardens > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cool_Gardens > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cool_Gardens.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Gardens > Source revision: 1332441078 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2002 poetry book by Serj Tankian This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Cool Gardens" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Cool Gardens Cover of the book Author Serj Tankian 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 Dewey Decimal 811/.6 22 LC Class 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](/source/System_of_a_Down), [Serj Tankian](/source/Serj_Tankian). It was published by [MTV](/source/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](/source/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[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]. ## 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 ## Adaptations On September 22, 2020, *Cool Gardens* was released as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by author, Tankian.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: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](/source/Philadelphia)-based artist [D.S. Bradford](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=D.S._Bradford&action=edit&redlink=1), were released leading up to and after the audiobook's release.[1] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Breathes New Life Into 'Cool Gardens' Poetry Collection"](https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/system-of-a-downs-serj-tankian-breathes-new-life-into-cool-gardens-poetry-collection/). [Blabbermouth.net](/source/Blabbermouth.net). 2020-10-03. v t e Serj Tankian Serj Tankian Dan Monti Larry "Ler" LaLonde Studio albums Elect the Dead Imperfect Harmonies Harakiri Orca Symphony No. 1 Jazz-Iz-Christ Live albums Elect the Dead Symphony EPs Imperfect Remixes Elasticity Singles "Empty Walls" "Lie Lie Lie" "Sky Is Over" "Figure It Out" Other songs "Mein" Related artists System of a Down Flying Cunts of Chaos Buckethead & Friends Related articles Discography Axis of Justice Cool Gardens Glaring Through Oblivion Screamers Serart Serjical Strike Records Category v t e System of a Down Serj Tankian Daron Malakian Shavo Odadjian John Dolmayan Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian Studio albums System of a Down Toxicity Steal This Album! Mezmerize Hypnotize Singles "Sugar" "Spiders" "Chop Suey!" "Toxicity" "Aerials" "B.Y.O.B." "Question!" "Hypnotize" "Lonely Day" "Protect the Land" / "Genocidal Humanoidz" Promotional singles "Innervision" "Boom!" Tours and concerts Reunion Tour Wake Up the Souls Tour Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington Related Discography Axis of Justice "Charades" Cool Gardens Glaring Through Oblivion Screamers Serart Scars on Broadway Achozen Buckethead & Friends The F.C.C. Mt. Helium Fair to Midland Arto Tunçboyacıyan Category Authority control databases Open Library --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cool Gardens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Gardens) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Gardens?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.