Shalom Freedman Poems

Don't fail me
Don't ever fail me
O Beauty of the morning light
Don't fail me
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THE JOY OF CHOL HA-MOED BEGINNING


The joy of Chol Ha- Moed beginning
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CAN A POEM BE MADE OF AN OLD MAN’S WORRIES?

Can a poem be made of an old man’s worries?
For his wife’s health
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And first light redeems the soul
And the soul redeemed
Believes it will live through the day
Without falling into total darkness-
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IF ALL THE UNIVERSE IS A POEM

If all the Universe is a Poem
How do we interpret its ‘extinctions'?
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A POEM MUST BE WRITTEN

A poem must be written
To prove that I am
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SADNESS CALLS/POEMS WITHOUT END

Sadness calls
Poems without end
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YOU WILL NEVER BE AGAIN WHAT YOU WERE

You will never be again
What you were-
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There are too many lost moments in our lives-

All that we are now
Cannot again be
What we have lived-
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Some present experience gives me a hint of-

I long to know and see and feel
What I knew and felt then-

But before I can even perceive it
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