Shalom Freedman Poems

I SUMMON TO SLEEP

The flowers and the trees
I summon to sleep-
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WHERE ARE THE LINES I WROTE?

Where are the lines I wrote?
The life I’ve lived?
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THE WORLD HAS HAD ENOUGH OF MY WORDS

The world has had enough of my words.
It didn’t care for them much anyway.
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THE WORLD DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER POEM OF DESPAIR

The world does not need another poem of Despair-
Complaint-
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WAIT FOR THE POEM

Wait for the poem-
Wait-
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I WONDER WHERE WE ARE

I wonder where we are
And why we are.
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EVERYTHING SADDENS ME

Everything saddens me
Even the sound of the sea.
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I WALK AND I AM A POEM

I walk and I am a poem
And the poem is me
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THE POEMS ARE ALL I HAVE NOW

The poems are all I have now-
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THE INNER QUIET IS NOT ALWAYS EXALTATION

The inner quiet is not always exaltation
Silence can be subdued as grief.
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