Shalom Freedman Poems

I RECITE A REAL POEM

I recite a real Poem,
The Poems I write are something else-
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IF YOU WANT A POEM SO MUCH

If you want a poem so much
Your life will become one,
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A POEM WANTS ME

A poem wants me-
I want to walk up the hill
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I WALK DOWN THE HILL OF MY OWN LONELINESS

I walk down the hill of my own loneliness
It is a sad hill
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IT IS WE WHO ARE NOW
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A POEM NEEDS A BEAUTY OF ITS OWN

The Beauty of the World
We see with our eyes
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AND IF I WRITE ANOTHER POEM?

And if I write another poem?
What will it change?
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NOTHING IS DONE

Nothing is done
No poem is written
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THE POEM IS A METAPHOR / FOR WHATEVER THE POET NEEDS IT TO BE

The Poem is a Metaphor
For whatever the poet needs it to be-
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I HAVE BECOME A POEM

I have become a poem
And all I say and think
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