Shalom Freedman Poems

HOW MANY YEARS HAVE GONE BY, MY FRIEND?
(FOR DAVID HERZBERG MAYIM CHAYIM DAVID HILLEL BEN SHRAGA FEIVEL)

How many years have gone by, my friend
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SILENCE CAME AFTER DAYS OF STRUGGLE WITH WORDS

Silence came after days of struggle with words
After many awkward failures
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THE POEM HAS A MUSIC OF ITS OWN

The poem has a music of its own
Without the music
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WITHOUT GOD


Without God
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A SMALL POEM IS ALL I AM CAPABLE OF

A small poem is all I am capable of now
No patience
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HOW GOOD TO BE ALIVE

I love this park
Its quiet its green
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ALONE IN THE SILENCE OF A LONG QUIET NIGHT

Alone in the silence of a long quiet night
I hear Peace
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Hoshanah Rabbah 5771

The night does not end
Nor does its loneliness-
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WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE/

We are all going to die
And it does not matter how good you are
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Including this poem now
Perhaps the time has come
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