Shalom Freedman Poems

THE BENT AND THE BROKEN

The bent and the broken
And the mind-lost and the mad
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I WALK AND WAIT FOR A POEM

I walk and wait for a poem
What else do I have but a poem?
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A MAN ALONE IS ONLY HIS OWN DEATH

A man alone is only his own death
Who gives nothing to the generations to come
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A POEM WITHOUT MUSIC OF ITS OWN IS NOT A POEM

A poem without music of its own is not a poem-
I have lost the rhythm of my soul
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WALK WITHOUT A POEM


I walk without a poem-
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DISTURBANCES ERRANDS DIFFICULTIES PAINS OF LIFE

Disturbances, errands, difficulties, pains of life
And no time no time no time -
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MY SADNESS SLEEPS WITH ME

My sadness sleeps with me
It wakes with me
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THE WRITING OF THE POEM /SEEMS

The writing of the poem
Seems to be more to me
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THIS POEM LIKE MY LIFE/ CANNOT SAY WHAT IT TRULY MEANS

This poem like my life
Cannot say what it truly means-
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ALL THIS PAIN AND ALL THIS ACCUSATION

All this pain and all this accusation
And all this condemnation
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