Shalom Freedman Poems

THE POEM IS RESTLESS IN ME

The poem is restless in me-
It waits to be heard-
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MY SADNESS IS WHO I AM ALSO

My sadness is who I am also-
It weighs in me-
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I WROTE A POEM YESTERDAY/ CAN I WRITE A POEM TODAY?

I wrote a poem yesterday
Can I write a poem today?
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I WALK AND SUDDENLY FEEL YOUNG AGAIN

I walk and suddenly feel young again-
Nothing hurts-
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Walking On

Darkness -
Black clouds- grey spaces-
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A MOMENT REMEMBERED OF SHABBAT HA- GADOL 5770

Darkness-
Black clouds- grey spaces-
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I WROTE NO POEM TODAY/ I WROTE NO POEM YESTERDAY

I wrote no poem today-
I wrote no poem yesterday-
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THE LIGHT HAS NOT BEGUN YET

The light has not begun yet-
Darkness is still the morning-
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EVERY DAY IS ANOTHER QUESTION

Every day is another question
Surprise is our life-
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I WALK DOWN THIS ROAD OF BEAUTY

I walk down this road of Beauty-
Its colors sing inside my mind-
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