Shalom Freedman Poems

THANKSGIVING DAY 2014 FOR JAKIE

My brother would have been seventy- four today
He was the best brother to me
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WHERE I AM A POEM IS

Where I am a poem is
I can't give up
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WHEN I THINK OF THE BEAUTY THERE HAS BEEN IN THIS WORLD

When I think of the Beauty there has been in this world
That has been lost
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A deep yearning for the past
For what can never be again
For what is loved and lost at once-
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EXUBERANCE

There are times
When the inner feeling
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I AM HAPPY AGAIN

I am happy again
It happens often
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THE POEMS ARE SMALL

The poems are small
Their story is small
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WHY IS DESPAIR SO DEEP AND UNENDING?

Why is despair so deep and unending?
Why do we always need some new dream
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THIS POEM IS A PRAYER

This poem is a prayer
Only G-d can hear-
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IN DESPAIR I LOSE ALL SENSE OF POETRY

In despair I lose all sense of poetry
Each and every flat line
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