Shalom Freedman Poems

I COME BACK TO MYSELF SLOWLY


I come back to myself slowly
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I AM NOT WORTHY OF THE POEM I WOULD WRITE

I am not worthy of the poem I would write -
I do not have the Beauty or Goodness in me
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IF BILLION OF HUMAN BEINGS

“If billions of human beings
Have passed from the earth
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HAVING BEEN GIVEN SO MUCH IN WRITING

Having been given so much in writing
I nonetheless try to write
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I HAVE LOST MY WAY AGAIN

I have lost my way again
Soon I will find it with words-
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I CANNOT WRITE A POEM ABOUT MY DAUGHTER

I cannot write a poem about my daughter-
Too much feeling,
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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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