Shalom Freedman Poems

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41.
The Greatest Question

Why should God care for me?
I am one of billions of humans on this earth
And many billions more no longer alive
And these numbers too are small
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42.
I Cannot Help Being So Old As I Am

I cannot help being so old as I am
And feeling so lonely and lost
Missing so much so much of the time
Feeling too much of my world has gone
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43.
The Language Of Poetry Is Metaphor

The language of poetry is metaphor
And irony and ambiguity
And beauty-
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44.
All The Poems Are A Metaphor

ALL THE POEMS ARE A METAPHOR

All the poems are a metaphor
For another poem
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45.
A Poem Does Not Know Itself

A POEM DOES NOT KNOW ITSELF
A POEM DOES NOT KNOW ITSELF

A poem does not know itself
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46.
The Poem Is A Metaphor

THE POEM IS A METAPHOR

The Poem is a Metaphor
It means ‘the world’
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47.
When There Is No Way Out

When there is no way out
When Despair is all
When one cannot see any possibility of some other way
When all is lost
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48.
The Poem I Did Not Write Today

THE POEM I DID NOT WRITE TODAY

The poem I did not write today
Will never be written.
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49.
There Are So Many Beautiful Things In My World

THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN MY WORLD

There are so many beautiful things in my world
I only have to look to see them
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50.
Despair In Old Age

DESPAIR IN OLD AGE

Despair in old age
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