Shalom Freedman Poems

MY SILENCE IN ME

My silence in me
Will I ever be free of all the fears
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I NEED A POEM

I need a poem
To clear my mind,
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I HAVE NOT WRITTEN A POEM FOR DAYS

I have not written a poem for days
For days I have not written a poem-
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SHAKESPEARE WROTE A POETRY

Once upon a time
Long before I read
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I HAVE BECOME A POEM

I have become a poem
And all I say and think
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I WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

I was not good enough
To realize the Dream
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MY SON SAVED ME

My son saved me-
He gave me hope again.
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TO BE HAPPY JUST TO BE ALIVE

To be happy just to be alive-
To walk outside,
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A PARADOX OF PRAYER (After a teaching of Seth Kadish)

We are too small,
So forbidden to pray-
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WHEN I DO NOT WRITE

When I do not write
I do not know who I am
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