Shalom Freedman Poems

THE SMALL POEM/ HOWEVER DENSE AND DEEP

The small poem-
However dense and deep,
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I WALK SLOWLY AND WAIT FOR A POEM

I walk slowly and wait for a poem-
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WHY DO WE NEED NOW TO BE REMEMBERED

Why do we need now to be remembered
When we will not know this?
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THERE IS A WORLD FAR AWAY

There is a world far away
You did not care enough about.
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THE PATIENCE TO PERFECT THE POEM

The patience to perfect the poem-
Escaped me.
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A POEM I COULD NOT WRITE ALL DAY

A poem I could not write all day
Suddenly came to me
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DAYS WITHOUT POEMS

Days without poems-
Nights without poems-
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NOTHING I DREAM COMES TRUE

Nothing I dream comes true.
The poems are written.
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I WROTE A POEM I LOVED

I wrote a poem I loved
But I could not rest content with it.
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I AM ONLY WHAT I BEST AM

I am only what I best am
In little things.
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