Shalom Freedman Poems

WHAT POEM WILL THIS MORNING BRING?

What Poem will this morning bring?
What new hope?
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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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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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THE MUSIC OF THE POEM

The Music of the poem
Is the poem-
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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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The last will not be remembered
Nor the first-
Nothing and no one
Will be remembered
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HOW CAN POETRY HEAL THE SICK?

How can Poetry heal the sick?
When the sick can no longer speak
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ON THE EDGE OF MY OLD AGE


On the edge of my old age
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A POEM OF JOY IN OLD AGE

A Poem of Joy in Old Age
Is a small poem
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I AM AN OLD MAN WRITING A POEM

I am an old man writing a poem
I have been writing a poem all my life
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