Shalom Freedman Poems

THE POETRY OF THE OLD

The Poetry of the old
Is a smaller poetry
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SAD IS THE POEM I WILL NEVER WRITE

Sad is the poem I will never write
Sad is the poem of my own lost life
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In awe before the Creator
We begin the year
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I see you in the synagogue almost each night now-
I have seen so many in the condition you are in now-
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MORNING LIGHT IS THE MOST LIGHT OF ALL

Morning light is the most light of all
It gives us a whole new world -
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BLACK SKY

Black sky -
Rain to come-
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I LIVE IN A CITY/ AS GREAT

I live in a city
As great as holy as conflicted
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The sadness of being unloved
Is a hard sadness-
Some bear it from childhood
All their lives-
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A FRIEND IS GONE(For Alex Auswaks)

A friend is gone
A true friend
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I AM ONE OF THE YOUNG OLD

I am one of the young old
I still walk without strain or special difficulty
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