Shalom Freedman Poems

IF I HAD A POEM THIS MORNING

If I had a poem this morning
And I could write it
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THE POEM OF WAITING

The poem of waiting
Is a long poem
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WHY CAN’T I SIMPLY RETIRE IN QUIET

Why can’t I simply retire in quiet
At peace with what I have done?
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THE POEM AT THE END OF A TOO ERRAND- FILLED DAY

The poem at the end of a too errand- filled day
Is a poem of incompleteness.
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I HAVE LOST THE DOUBLE -SOUND OF INNER IMPLICATION

I have lost the double sound of inner implication
The music of my own lyric song
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THE POET AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW

The poet at the end of the rainbow
Stares down from the sky and smiles
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WALK WITHOUT A POEM


I walk without a poem-
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DISTURBANCES ERRANDS DIFFICULTIES PAINS OF LIFE

Disturbances, errands, difficulties, pains of life
And no time no time no time -
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MY SADNESS SLEEPS WITH ME

My sadness sleeps with me
It wakes with me
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THE WRITING OF THE POEM /SEEMS

The writing of the poem
Seems to be more to me
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