Shalom Freedman Poems

Every Night We Go To Sleep

Every night we go to sleep
Not knowing for certain
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IF THIS NIGHT COULD HAVE A POEM

If this night can have a poem
Then this long day
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EVERY POEM I WRITE HELPS ME STAY ALIVE

Every poem I write helps me stay alive
It gives purpose and hope
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THE POET WHO HAS NO READERS

The poet who has no readers
Needs the writing of the poetry
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THE POET WHO HAS FEW READERS

The poet who has few readers
Needs the writing of the poetry
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There should have been more poems of Gratitude and Joy
Too much has been Sadness and Despair-
There should have been more poems of other people
And not so much of myself -
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WE LIVE POEMS WE CANNOT WRITE

We live poems we cannot write-
Words of beauty that sometimes come suddenly
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THERE IS NO WAY TO SAY ALL I FEEL AT THIS MOMENT

There is no way to say all I feel at this moment-
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THE POETRY OF GREATER MINDS AND MIXED PROMISES

The poetry of greater minds and mixed promises
Of things as they were long before I appeared on the scene,
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AN OLD MAN IS INSPIRED BY THE YOUNG
(The Efroni Choir)

An Old Man is inspired by the young
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