Shalom Freedman Poems

EVERY POEM THAT IS NOT WRITTEN

Every poem that is not written
Sings another poem
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POEMS ARE FAR AWAY

Poems are far away
They have gone to another universe.
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ALL MY LIFE/ THESE LITTLE POEMS

All my life
These little poems
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AN OLD MAN SHOULD HAVE PATIENCE

An old man should have patience
And walk slowly and stop to rest.
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A SINGLE TELLING LINE CAN MAKE

A single telling line can make
A collection of words
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AT THE END OF EVERY POEM

At the end of every poem
Is another road
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THE HAPPY POEM IS WRITTEN SOMEWHERE EVERY SINGLE DAY

The Happy Poem is written somewhere every single day
It’s written by the lovers
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Even the people who love me
Tell me I am not good enough-

It is not good in old age
To have faults one should have corrected in childhood-
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ON THE EDGE OF MY OLD AGE


On the edge of my old age
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WHAT POEM WILL THIS MORNING BRING?

What Poem will this morning bring?
What new hope?
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