Shalom Freedman Poems

THE POEM THAT PERHAPS NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN

Not the poem of yesterday
Nor the poem of tomorrow
...

EVERYONE NEEDS A COCOON

Everyone needs a cocoon-
A small place in themselves in which to hide-
...

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT I LONGED FOR A POEM

All through the night I longed for a poem
I could not write-
...

IN UNCERTAINTY WE LIVE

In uncertainty we live,
And in uncertainty we will die-
...

THE POEM I WOULD WRITE NOW/ CAN BE WRITTEN IN SECONDS

The poem I would write now
Can be written in seconds -
...

DEAD TO MY POEM

Dead to my poem-
Dead to the poems of others-
...

A POEM IS A SMALL TREASURE

A poem is a small treasure-
A blessing in a few words-
...

IF IN THE SILENCE OF THIS NIGHT

If in the silence of this night
I now hear a poem
...

CAN A POEM BE WRITTEN OF TOTAL DESPAIR?


Can a poem be written of total despair?
...

I AM THE FOOL AND THE FAILURE

I am the fool and the failure
Who writes little poems
...