Shalom Freedman Poems

ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND SADNESSES

All these complaints and sadnesses
All these ironies and doubts
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THE NIGHT HAS ITS INNOCENCE

The night has its innocence
‘The fields open to the sky’
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AN OLD MAN CANNOT SLEEP AT THREE O’CLOCK AT NIGHT EREV CHANUKAH 5770


An old man cannot sleep at three o’clock at night
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THE POET DESPAIRS

The poet despairs,
He cannot write-
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INTERNET IMMORTALITY- I AM MORE IMMORTAL THAN I WANT TO BE

I am more immortal than I want to be-
Old error-filled works of mine
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A TIRED OLD MAN/ LIFTS HIMSELF UP

A tired old man
Lifts himself up
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ALL THESE IRONIES AND INNER PAINS

All these ironies and inner pains-
All these sad reflections-
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THE LANGUAGE I FEEL MOST AT HOME IN

The language I feel most at home in
Is not my own.
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SAD IS THE POEM THAT CANNOT BE WRITTEN

Sad is the poem that cannot be written-
And the life that cannot be lived-
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I HAVE THE MIND AND MOOD OF POETRY

I have the mind and mood of poetry,
But I have no poem-
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