Shalom Freedman Poems

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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HOW CAN POETRY HEAL THE SICK?

How can Poetry heal the sick?
When the sick can no longer speak
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MY POEM IS A FORGETTABLE POEM

My poem is a forgettable poem-
Trite rhymes-
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POEMS ARE NOT BREAD

Poems are not bread-
They are not money
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POEMS ARE FAR AWAY

Poems are far away
They have gone to another universe.
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WE NEED POEMS TO MAKE US LOVE LIFE MORE

We need poems to make us love life more
Poems that will make us happier
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EVERY POEM THAT IS NOT WRITTEN

Every poem that is not written
Sings another poem
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I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH

I am not good enough.
I will never be good enough.
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THE END COMES BEFORE THE END
(For those who lost their last job now, and for myself, perhaps)

The end comes before the end
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GOD HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH

God has given me so much inside-
So much Beauty-
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