Shalom Freedman Poems

ALL I CAN DO IS WRITE POEMS

All I can do is write poems
I have nothing else to say-
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IT IS ALMOST TOO BEAUTIFUL A DAY

It is almost too beautiful a day
One does not know what to do
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NOT THE POEM OF YESTERDAY

Not the poem of yesterday
But the poem of today-
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I WENT TO WHERE MY LONELINESS IS

I went to where my Loneliness is
I wrote a small poem there,
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I DON’T HAVE A POEM TO HELP YOU

I don’t have a poem to help you
Words are not enough-
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THESE LITTLE POEMS ARE ALL I CAN WRITE NOW

These little poems are all I can write now
The rest is gone.
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AT THE NEWS THAT THE UNIVERSE’S ENTROPY IS INCREASING THIRTY TIMES FASTER THAN HAD BEEN THOUGHT
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THE WORLD IS SAD/ AND I AM SAD WITH IT

The world is sad
And I am sad with it
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THE TREE –LINED STREET / I WALK DOWN EVERYDAY

The tree- lined street
I walk down everyday
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ALL I CAN DO IS WHAT I AM

All I can do is what I am
I can’t be better than this-
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