Death Empties Out The World

DEATH EMPTIES OUT THE WORLD

Death empties out the world-
Friends, contemporaries - go-
The older we are-
The Lonelier.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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The Metaphor of Poetry/Meets The Mysteries Of The Soul

THE METAPHOR OF POETRY

The metaphor of poetry
Meets the mysteries of the soul
And wakes us in words
To worlds of wonder.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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The Poem Is Not The Answer

THE POEM IS NOT THE ANSWER

The Poem is not the Answer.
Nothing is.
So what is the Poem?
A playing in Time-
Before Doom.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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The Small Poem/ However Dense And Deep

THE SMALL POEM/ HOWEVER DENSE AND DEEP

The small poem-
However dense and deep,
Can never solely Be
The greatest poetry.

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The Ideal Future Promised Us

THE IDEAL FUTURE PROMISED US

All that we are
Will become something else-
We will not even know,
We are not ourselves.

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Old And Slow

OLD AND SLOW

Old and slow with nowhere to go-
Our nights are long,
And our days longer-
Old and slow with nowhere to go.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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When The Poem Is Not Written

WHEN THE POEM IS NOT WRITTEN

When the poem is not written
And time goes its way,
Life has less meaning
Another lost day.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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The Great Poem Is Written Somewhere Else

THE GREAT POEM IS WRITTEN SOMEWHERE ELSE

The great poem is written somewhere else
My small poem
A consolation
to myself.

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I Know Not What I Am

KNOW NOT WHAT I AM

I know not what I am
I know not what I’ll be
I only know I’ll die one day
And cease to dream of me.

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Out Of Many Poems

OUT OF MANY POEMS

Out of many poems
A few -
Or only one-
Or perhaps none-
Chosen.

This Poem
Will not be one of them.

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