Shalom Freedman Poems

TIME RAGES AT THE QUIET OF MY SOUL

Time rages at the quiet of my soul-
My children are so busy now
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IF I WERE YOUNG AGAIN

If I were young again
I'd still be too shy to try
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I AM TIRED OF THE SIMPLE ONE- DIMENSIONAL POEMS

I am tired of the simple one- dimensional poems-
I want my irony back
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TIME DOES NOT MAKE SADNESS ANY LESS SAD

Time does not make Sadness any less Sad
Life is a long going home
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The poems are far away
The thoughts far away also
The heat is too great
And the discomfort difficult
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I WRITE A POEM FOR MYSELF

I write a poem for myself
But it is also for you
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TODAY IS NOT MY DAY? / NOTHING GOES RIGHT

Today is not my day,
Nothing goes right-
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WHICH POEMS ARE TRUE AND WHICH POEMS ONLY A STORY?

Which poems are true
and which poems only a story?
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I STOP WALKING

I stop walking
The wind is pleasantly cool-
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ATHESE WORDS TOO SAY WHAT LOVE WAS

These words too say what Love was-
Though I am long from that love and those feelings-
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