Shalom Freedman Poems

This grey and white after-the-rain winter cold day
The beauty of the world
Is so so so great-
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IF I HAD A POEM/ FOR THE YELLOW- GREEN MORNING LEAVES

If I had a poem
For the yellow- green morning leaves
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THE POET BECAME A PRISONER OF HIS NEED FOR A POEM

The poet became a prisoner of his need for a poem
And so he lost his ability
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A POEM SHOULD BE ABOUT ANYTHING IT IS ABOUT

A poem should be about anything it is about
And that is why this poem
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DON’T TELL ME I AM NOT OLD

Don’t tell me I am not old
And that I still can be young in spirit
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The poet I am, and the poet I am not


‘The poet I am’ says
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LIFE ENDS IN SADNESS

Life ends in sadness
It does not know any other way
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AT THE END / EVEN ONE’S DREAMS NO LONGER PAIN

At the end there is silence and sleep
And all the pain goes away
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PAINLESS

Painless-
Perhaps only those in pain
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MY HEART IS SMALL

My heart is small
My mind also-
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