Shalom Freedman Poems

Am I walking the wrong road this morning?
The easier the pleasanter road.
Shouldn’ I be riding the bus
To do my small business downtown?
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SOMETIMES I READ OR HEAR A POEM

Sometimes I read or hear a poem
And know there is real Poetry in the world-
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The poems made me happy-
They made me dream
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Nothing should be taken for granted
In an instant your world can be destroyed -
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The Paradox of Poetry
Is that every poem contains its own questions-
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THE TGIFT WAS GIVEN TO ME

The Gift was given to me
and new worlds within
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MY POEMS ARE LITTLE IRONIES

My poems are little ironies
I write against myself
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I MAY HAVE YEARS TO GO

I may have years to go-
Many many years
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Why can’t they leave God alone?
They curse God for not existing-
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A POEM BEGUN IN DARKNESS

A poem begun in darkness
Waits for morning light -
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