Shalom Freedman Poems

WE HAVE SEEN TOO MUCH

We have seen too much
Have we lived too long?
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THERE IS NO POEM NOW

There is no poem now
And there may never be a poem again.
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THE POET FAILS

The poet fails.
And cannot write.
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IF I HAD A POEM LIKE THE LIGHT

If I had a poem like the Light
It would begin the day in Beauty
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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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