Shalom Freedman Poems

This is a poem for all the mediocre poets like myself
We thoughts our words would mean something
We thought our deepest feelings would touch other souls
We hoped our most wonderful imaginings
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I SOUGHT SOME OTHER DIMENSION

I sought some other dimension
Some Greatness
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DESPAIR IS DARKNESS

Despair is darkness-
Despair is death inside and death in the world and death in one’s own sad soul-
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DESPAIR OF THE EARLY MORNING

Despair of the early morning
Despair of the darkness
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BIRTH IS BEGINNING

Birth is beginning,
Hope is its name-
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I LOST THE MUSIC OF MY POETRY

I lost the music of my poetry
I tried to hear it again
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Uncertainty
Is the Future's first name
What will happen to us?
What will become of our world?
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WHAT IS A POET?

What is a poet?
There is not one answer
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I didn’t want other kinds of words
I wanted poems
Because they helped me feel more alive
They gave me an intensity
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POEMLESS

Poemless-
While inside myself
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