Shalom Freedman Poems

How calm the Night the Silence writes-
How still the Peace the Silence sleeps-
How soft the Light the Silence breathes-
How deep the Dreams the Silence reads.
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THE MORE I WORRY ABOUT MONEY

The more I worry about money
The more I worry about money-
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Once there was poem of incredible beauty
That no reader could ever write it-

It has been read by me many times-

Though I have never even once
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ALL THE FEELINGS AT THE EDGE

All the feelings at the edge
All the perceptions and longings
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IN THE TIME BEYOND FIRST MEMORY

In the time beyond first memory
When I did not know I was
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The last will not be remembered
Nor the first-
Nothing and no one
Will be remembered
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THE MUSIC OF THE POEM

The Music of the poem
Is the poem-
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When a child is born
The world begins again-
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I CAN NEVER MAKE MY DREAMS SING

I can never make my dreams sing
The way the world of symbols should-
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