Shalom Freedman Poems

THE BEAUTY OF THE MORNING IS LIKE NO OTHER BEAUTY

The Beauty of the morning is like no other Beauty
It brings with it
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WHAT IS A JEWISH POEM?

What is a Jewish poem?
‘Shema’ is a Jewish poem
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POETRY IS A GAME

Poetry is a game
Almost anyone can play
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A Poet's old age should be an adventure in Metaphors-
Traveling to distant unknown shores-
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IT IS TIME TO WRITE A POEM FOR MY SOUL

It is time to write a poem for my soul-
To wake it up a bit this morning
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Life has endless small Unhappinesses
We meet them everyday-
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The centurion turned in his resignation.
He will not work for such an Evil reign.
Everyone is fearful of the King’s retaliation.
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MY POEM CAME TO ME IN THE NIGHT

My poem came to me in the night
Long after I should have gone to sleep
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I WALKED WITH THE LINES OF OTHERS IN MY MIND

I walked with the lines of others in my mind
Greater lines by far than my own -
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IF I FEEL A POEM WHEN I READ THE POEM

If I feel the poem when I read the poem
It is a poem -
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