Shalom Freedman Poems

NOT EVERY MORNING HAS A POEM

Not every morning has a poem
Not every morning has the light one needs
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THIS TREE BY THE SIDE OF THE ABBA HILKIAH ROAD

This tree by the side of the Abba Hilkiah road
Will be here
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DEATH IS THE INFINITE SADNESS IN LIFE

Death is the infinite sadness in life
All the great the good the small-
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I WENT TO THE SOUL OF MY SADNESS AND SAID

I went to the soul of my sadness and said
‘Why are you? ’
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WHATEVER A POET DOES

Whatever a poet does
He has poetry within him.
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I LIVED MY LIFE/ FOR A DREAM

I lived my life
For a dream
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HOW TIME MOCKS US ALL

How Time mocks us all
The dead- remembered in ways unwanted.
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A SMALL ANONYMOUS WORD

A small anonymous word
A word of praise-
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THE POEMS WENT AWAY

The poems went away.
Nothing inside.
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WHAT IS A POEM?

What is a poem?
Where is a poem?
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