Shalom Freedman Poems

GOD WHO HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH

God Who has given me so much
The sleep I just had
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We continue to dream-
We never lose hope
But hope against all odds and probabilities-

We delude ourselves
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I have nothing else in Literature
Nothing moves me
Nothing inspires me
Only little lines
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I am free
I have all the time I want to write
But I do not know what to write
Or if I can really write anything-
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THE POETRY NOW IS MORE THAN WORDS

The Poetry now is more than words-
It is Feeling
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It is not the first time I waste a day
These days I waste many days
I am old now
And it all seems to mean less-
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THERE ARE LANDSCAPES I HAVE NEVER SEEN

There are landscapes I have never seen
And worlds I will never travel through
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POETRY IS ALSO VANITY

Poetry is also Vanity
For a Name
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I worry too much-
I don’t trust enough-
I imagine and imagine beyond what I should-
I am too involved
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OF MAKING MANY POEMS

Of Making many poems
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