Shalom Freedman Poems

I WALK AND SEE THE WORLD

I walk and see the world
It is good to see-
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EVEN AN OLD MAN NEEDS THE SPRING

Even an old man needs the Spring
And wants to see the world born again in Beauty -
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AND THIS WORLD WHICH IS SO SAD

And this world which is so sad in all its Beauty
Waits for the line
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I WROTE A POEM I DID NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF

I wrote a poem I did not know the meaning of-
I understood whatever I understood of it
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I NEED SOMETHING FAR AWAY

I need something far away-
I don’t know what-
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THE WORLD HAS PASSED ME BY

The world has passed me by-
Its rules have changed-
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THE POEM AT THE END OF THE WALK

The poem at the end of the walk
Does not know
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WHAT WORLD HAVE I SOUGHT IN MY POEMS DEEPER THAN ME?

What world have I sought in my poems deeper than me?
Beauty beyond Belief
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I PRAY AND PRAY AND PRAY TO GOD

I pray and pray and pray to God -
I need to pray to God-
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I TAKE FROM WORDSWORTH THE LOVE OF CALM BEAUTY

I take from Wordsworth the Love of Calm Beauty-
From Coleridge distracted searching for an Idea of it all-
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