Shalom Freedman Poems

IF I HAD A POEM NOW

If I had a poem now
The light of the morning
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THE HAPPY POEM IS WRITTEN SOMEWHERE EVERY SINGLE DAY

The Happy Poem is written somewhere every single day
It’s written by the lovers
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ON THE EDGE OF MY OLD AGE


On the edge of my old age
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WHAT POEM WILL THIS MORNING BRING?

What Poem will this morning bring?
What new hope?
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THIS SIMPLE POEM (Four variants)

This simple poem
filters
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PERHAPS I LOST THE POEMS LONG AGO

Perhaps I lost the true poems long ago
Lost them when I lost my Silence
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THEY SAY I’M AN OLD MAN

They say I’m an old man
And they say I’ll soon be dead
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I AM TIRED OF WONDERING WHO I AM

I am tired of wondering who I am
And going on about myself
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Irony is the last refuge of a metaphor-less poet
Saying more than one thing at one time-
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THE ROAD IS OPEN BEFORE ME

The road is open before me-
It is a long road-
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