Shalom Freedman Poems

Can a poem bring me peace?
Can it silence for a short time
The deep doubt and uncertainties
That trouble my existence?
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I DO NOT KNOW WHY THE NIGHT BRINGS ITS OWN SPECIAL MUSIC

I do not know why the night brings its own special music
But after the long hot day a breeze has a song of its own
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Kindness often comes with sadness
And helping with an understanding
Of how small one's help is-

We are sad
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The poem does not know what it itself means
It speaks to different needs and connections
Ambiguities are its essence
And questions its heart
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The morning has poems the night cannot have
Daylight is its own music
If it were not for Dawn, how could we be?
Light is hope and laughter
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THERE ARE NO POEMS IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD

There are no poems in the land of the dead
No songs-
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AFTER THE AZKARAH (Memorial Service)

After the Azkarah
There is Silence
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LIKE DUST

Like dust
From dust to dust
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THERE IS A POEM OF THE EVENING

There is a poem of the evening
never written before.
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UGLY INNER POETIC ME

Ugly inner Poetic me
Wants Praises of Eternity
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