Shalom Freedman Poems

THE BEAUTY OF THIS MOMENT

The beauty of this moment -
The beauty of this place-
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THE RAIN HAS COME IN STRENGTH AT LAST

The rain has come in strength at last
It has brought with it
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THESE POEMS SAY ‘WHO I AM’

These poems say ‘who I am’-
Why should anyone care?
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IF I COULD ONLY BEAR MY OWN SILENCE

If I could only bear my own silence
If I could only be quiet and still
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ALL THE THINGS WHICH I WOULD BE

All the things which I would be
And am not
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IT IS ONLY THE POETRY

It is only the poetry
Through which the deepest inner feeling
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WHAT POEM WILL THE NIGHT WRITE TONIGHT?

What poem will the night write tonight?
A black poem?
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THE POEM COMES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

The poem comes from somewhere else-
From behind my mind,
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IF I HAD WORDS

If I had words
For the colors of leaves
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WHEN POEMS BEGIN TO SPEAK / ONLY OF THEMSELVES

When poems begin to speak
Only of themselves
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