Shalom Freedman Poems

NO ONE WHO HAS LOVED THEIR CHILD

No one who has cared for their child,
And knows the wildness of its caring
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I AM NEVER THE BEST IN ANYTHING

I am never the best in anything
Sometimes I am second best
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THE WASTED WORDS OF ALL THE YEARS

The wasted words of all the years-
The time given to them-
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WILL I HAVE A POEM TONIGHT?

Will I have a poem tonight?
Or will tiredness take me to bed
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IF EVERY TIME OF THE DAY/ HAS A POEM OF ITS OWN

If every time of the day
Has a poem of its own
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THE NIGHT SHOULD WRITE A POEM

The night should write a poem
The mere ‘look’ of it
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EVERY POEM IS ANOTHER EFFORT AT POETRY

Every poem is another effort at Poetry
Will it belong or not?
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IF ALL THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD

If all the Beauty of the world
Could be written by me in one line
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WHO CAN SEE AND FEEL/ THE TREES AS THEY ARE

Who can see and feel
The trees as they are
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THE POEM I WAITED FOR/ ALL MY LIFE

The poem I waited for
All my life,
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