Shalom Freedman Poems

WHO KNOWS WHERE IN THIS IMPOSSIBLE LIFE

Who knows where in this impossible life
Another poem may come from?
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A POEM MEMORIZED MANY YEARS AGO


A poem memorized many years ago
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THE POET WALKS ALONE IN THE NIGHT

The Poet walks alone in the night-
He is happy.
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I ASK THE MORNING LIGHT

I ask the morning light,
To give me a poem-
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ALL OF ME

All of me
Everything I am
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

In the middle of the night
A poem has to write itself
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I NEED TO BELIEVE A SMALL POEM

I need to believe a small poem
can mean something.
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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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