The Poems Went Away Poem by Shalom Freedman

The Poems Went Away



THE POEMS WENT AWAY

The poems went away.
Nothing inside.
An empty will for poetry
Forcing words on the page,
Words without music
Without resonance
Without great implication
Meaning.

Write, write, write
Lest you die.
And the words themselves
A kind of desperate uphill catching of breath
On the page.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Callie Carroll 14 July 2009

A great read for those of us compelled to that 'desperate uphill catching of breath.'

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Shalom Freedman

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Troy New York
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