Shalom Freedman Poems

WITH SICKNESS COMES SADNESS

With sickness comes sadness
Will one ever escape?
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THE PROMISE OF THE SPRING

The promise of the Spring
Of another day
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THERE IS NO END TO THE LONGING

There is no end to the longing
And no end to the poem.
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A SINGLE LOAF OF BREAD

All these poems
And all this life
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I READ A POEM I COULD NOT WRITE

I read a Poem I could not write
And then I wrote it down.
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INFERIOR TO YOU (A POEM TO EMILY DICKINSON)

Inferior to you
And your metaphor-rich mind
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I FORGOT A POEM

I forgot a poem
And wondered how
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IF I LOSE THE POEM

If I lose the Poem
I will lose myself-
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THE LITTLE POEMS I MAKE

The little poems I make
Will not save me
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I AM CALM IN THE PAIN


I am calm in the pain,
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