LIKE SO MANY POEMS I READ
Like so many poems I read
These poems I am reading now
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WITH MOST OF THE ROAD ALREADY BEHIND ME
With most of the road already behind me
I approach another Yom Kippur
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CALM AFTER THE LONG FAST DAY DONE
Calm after the long fast day done
Waiting to begin a new year
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THE POEM OF THE EVENING IS A QUIET POEM
The poem of the evening is a quiet poem
It comes in gentleness with tired eyes
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THE WORLD I WAIT FOR WITHIN MYSELF/ IS A POEM
The world I wait for within myself
Is a poem
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THE HOLIDAYS ARE FOR THOSE NOT ALONE
The holidays are for those not alone-
For the alone the holidays rub in the pain
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POEM WRITTEN IN A SUCCAH FIRST EVENING OF CHOL HA- MOED 5771
Inside
In calm
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I HAVE WRITTEN MY LIFE AWAY
I look up at the sky-
I have written my life away-
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I WROTE A POEM / AND WAS DONE FOR THE DAY
I wrote a poem
And was done for the day-
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THIS POEM IS FOR YOU MY WIFE
This poem is for you my wife
Only you
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