Shalom Freedman Poems

I NEED A POEM

I need a poem
I want a poem
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The Sadness and Beauty go together
Life does not end without pain
But this old man
Telling his same stories
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The poems written about Poetry
Seemed to be self- indulgent and self- serving,
The Poet worshipping what he does
And making himself Holy-
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I love God
For the Beauty of the world-
For the people I care for in my life-
For so much Blessing -
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After the Poetry has been lost
And the feeling of what Poetry is forgotten,
Hungry lonely empty Ambition writes lines
And tries to present them as Poetry,
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THE POET WHO HAS NO READERS

The poet who has no readers
Needs the writing of the poetry
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THE POET WHO HAS FEW READERS

The poet who has few readers
Needs the writing of the poetry
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There should have been more poems of Gratitude and Joy
Too much has been Sadness and Despair-
There should have been more poems of other people
And not so much of myself -
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WE LIVE POEMS WE CANNOT WRITE

We live poems we cannot write-
Words of beauty that sometimes come suddenly
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THERE IS NO WAY TO SAY ALL I FEEL AT THIS MOMENT

There is no way to say all I feel at this moment-
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