Shalom Freedman Poems

FOR A PARENT WHOSE CHILDREN ARE FAR AWAY

For a parent whose children are far away
There is much loneliness-
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HOPELESSNESS IS THE HELL THAT ALWAYS RETURNS

Hopelessness is the hell that always returns-
We try to dream our way out
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WHERE ARE WE IN THIS TOO LARGE UNIVERSE?

Where are we in this too large universe?
Once they told us we were the center
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WHERE AM I WITH ALL THIS LOSTNESS IN ME?

Where am I with all this lostness in me?
Why can’t I be better than I am?
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IT HAS HAPPENED AT LAST

It has happened at last
The face in the mirror
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THE POEM I CANNOT WRITE/ IS THE POEM BEYOND MY OWN POETRY

The poem I cannot write
Is the poem beyond my own poetry -
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OH POEM OF THE MORNING/ TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY PRIVATE WORLD

Oh poem of the morning
Take me away from my private world
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HOW GREEN IS GOD’S WORLD

How green is God’s world
How light
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I WALK SLOWLY/ THE MORNING PRAYER DONE

I walk slowly
The morning prayer done-
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THE POETRY OF CONFESSION

The poetry of confession -
The poetry of self- indulgence-
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