Shalom Freedman Poems

HAD I WRITTEN LESS

Had I written less
And had it been more perfect-
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THE MORNING IS A POEM/ THE SLOW OPENING OF THE EYES

The morning is a poem
The slow opening of the eyes
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I WENT TO WHERE MY LONELINESS IS

I went to where my Loneliness is
I wrote a small poem there,
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I DON’T HAVE A POEM TO HELP YOU

I don’t have a poem to help you
Words are not enough-
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THESE LITTLE POEMS ARE ALL I CAN WRITE NOW

These little poems are all I can write now
The rest is gone.
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AT THE NEWS THAT THE UNIVERSE’S ENTROPY IS INCREASING THIRTY TIMES FASTER THAN HAD BEEN THOUGHT
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THE WORLD IS SAD/ AND I AM SAD WITH IT

The world is sad
And I am sad with it
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THE TREE –LINED STREET / I WALK DOWN EVERYDAY

The tree- lined street
I walk down everyday
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ALL I CAN DO IS WHAT I AM

All I can do is what I am
I can’t be better than this-
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I AM THE MAN WHO WAITED

I am the man who waited
For the poem to be written
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