When You Know There Is A Poem Within You Poem by Shalom Freedman

When You Know There Is A Poem Within You



WHEN YOU KNOW THERE IS A POEM WITHIN YOU

When you know there is a poem within you-
You can go slowly and wait and listen to yourself,
As the words unfold within your fingers and on the page.
A poem comes
Because Poetry is who you are.
And when you are silent within yourself
Poetry says itself to you
I did not have to do anything,
I only had to listen,
And write this down.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rajnish Manga 12 March 2016

Wow! Very true. You have captured the exact process through which a real poem takes its shape. Thanks for sharing this beautiful poem.

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Nhi Bui 21 May 2010

This is lovely. Exactly how I feel sometimes when I write

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Shalom Freedman

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