Shalom Freedman Poems

I DO NOT KNOW/ HOW I WILL DIE

I do not know
how I will die
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TO ENHANCE THE VAST SPACES

To enhance the vast spaces,
Dark matter and energy
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THE NOOSPHERE IS GROWING

The Noosphere is growing
Surprisingly these days
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WHY SHOULD WE BE IMMORTAL?

Why should we be immortal?
Who are we, after all?
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OVERWHELMED BY MY OWN INNER FEELING

Overwhelmed by my own inner feeling
The poems come to me today-
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IMAGINED PRAYER OF A TERMINAL POET

I am sick and old -
I have lost my poem-
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ARE THERE EVER TOO MANY POEMS?

Are there ever too many poems?
Will the world fall down
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IT IS ALL TOO MUCH

It is all too much -
Too many words-
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THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY

This beautiful day-
There have been so many days like this in my life-
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SEEING THE YOUNG SOMETIMES PAINS

Seeing the young sometimes pains
Their lightness their eagerness
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