Shalom Freedman Poems

I would not go to it-
I would stay here
Here where my Universe is.

And I would try to love it more,
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I sang and laughed with them
They were the joy of my inner life
I had no more happier times
Than when I was writing them-
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These poems are for me my deepest poetry
They may not be poetry at all for you
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No poem will stop the ticking of time
And no poem bring back
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In the early evening darkness there is no sound-
No music either-
Silence is a kind of waiting for another distance,
And all the distances in me have heard themselves before -
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The happiness of life in old age
Is a small grandchild
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I listen to the old Critic and know
I will never sing the song of his soul-
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There is Hopelessness and there is Hope-
The Hopelessness is for oneself
The Hope is for younger generations-
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The first line came from somewhere else-
The second came from the first
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There are times in life
When all is so clear
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