Shalom Freedman Poems

As long as there is life and mind
There will always be another poem
...

Perhaps I did it once
And can no longer do it
...

TRY TO FORGET THE SADNESS

Try to forget the Sadness
Try to leave behind the Grief and Regret
...

I COULD NOT FIND MY WAY FREE

I could not find my way free
To a language of my own
...

HUMANITY'S SUPPOSED LAMENT

At the end of us
Will come another kind of thing
...

IN A TIME OF WAR

In a time of War
One prays for the safety of our soldiers
...

LET THE LINES COME

Let the lines come
Whatever they be
...

I DON'T WANT A MACHINE TO READ THIS POEM

I don't want a machine to read this poem
To interpret it
...

IF I TELL YOU YOUR OWN BAD FEELINGS

If I tell you your own bad feelings
Does it help?
...

THIS IS MY CALMING POEM

I cannot write
I cannot think
...