Shalom Freedman Poems

WAR IS NOT A POEM

War is not a poem-
Death is not a poem-
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THE IDEAL FUTURE PROMISED US

All that we are
Will become something else-
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OH SADNESS IS AND SADNESS MORE

Oh Sadness is and Sadness More
What is worse
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DESPERATION OF THE EARLY MORNING

Desperation of the early morning
All is low and I am lower
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I SAID, ‘WHEN I GROW OLD’

I said,
‘When I grow old
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AN OLD MAN WALKS IN THE MORNING LIGHT


An old man walks in the morning light
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I WAIT AT THE DOOR OF MY OWN LIFE

I wait at the door of my own life
It does not open
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WITHOUT WORDS

Without words
There is a poem in me
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WHAT CAN A POEM DO

What can a Poem do
To mitigate
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FAR AWAY FROM WHERE I AM

Far away from where I am
There is another poem
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