Shalom Freedman Poems

ROCKETS FALL ON SDEROT CHANUKAH 5768

This is no day for a poem
Rage and rain and mud
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AT THE END OF ETERNITY

At the end of Eternity
There is not another poem
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I WALK AND LINES COME TO ME

I walk and lines come to me-
Then I stop somewhere
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NO UNREAD POEM WILL END THE DESPAIR I FEEL NOW

No unread poem will end the despair I feel now
Nor will a poem read
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TO PRAY IN JOY (On a teaching of Seth Kadish)

To pray in Joy
Is to create a poem
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WHAT DREAM DOES THE MORNING SKY SAY TO ME?

What dream does the morning sky say to me?
A cold and white dream?
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A PRAYER SHOULD BE A POEM

A prayer should be a poem
Deepest in feeling
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AN OLD MAN CAN WITH A FEW LINES

An old man can with a few lines,
Revive the dream of being still alive -
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AS A CHILD I LOVED POETRY

As a child I loved poetry,
As an old man I love poetry-
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WHO KNOWS WHERE IN THIS IMPOSSIBLE LIFE

Who knows where in this impossible life
Another poem may come from?
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