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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NOTHING I WRITE / DREAMS ME AS I DREAM MYSELF

Nothing I write
Dreams me as I dream myself
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WE ARE VOICES SOUNDING WHAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

We are voices sounding what comes from somewhere else-
Nothing is ours
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ONE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS

One does not know where it is
Or what it is
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A SMALL GIFT

There is so much more to this world
Than I will ever know-
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