Shalom Freedman Poems

THE SMALL SMILING CHILD IN HER MOTHER'S ARMS

The small smiling child
in her mother's arms
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A POEM OF JOY IN OLD AGE

A Poem of Joy in Old Age
Is a small poem
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I AM AN OLD MAN WRITING A POEM

I am an old man writing a poem
I have been writing a poem all my life
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HOW CAN POETRY HEAL THE SICK?

How can Poetry heal the sick?
When the sick can no longer speak
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ALL DAY LONG / I HAVE BEEN WALKING AND THINKING

All day long
I have been walking and thinking
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THE END COMES BEFORE THE END
(For those who lost their last job now, and for myself, perhaps)

The end comes before the end
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They say:


They say:
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ALL THESE YEARS

All these years
All these fears
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A POEM MOOD

The thin clear ordinary mind
Is not for Poetry-
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GOD HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH

God has given me so much inside-
So much Beauty-
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