Oh God/ If

OH GOD/ IF

Oh God,
If it were not for this morning
This sun on the trees
This green – gold light-
Oh God,
If it were not
For this Beauty,
Oh God.

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I Summon To Sleep

I SUMMON TO SLEEP

The flowers and the trees
I summon to sleep-
Lilacs, roses, almond-blossom, peach-
Play gently in my mind
And soothe me into dreams.

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The Poem Is The Love of Life

THE POEM IS THE LOVE OF LIFE

The poem is the love of life
In the gentle day and the quiet light
Of this small Jerusalem park
I sit and write in now.

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Who Knows Why I Will Ever Be

WHO KNOWS WHY I WILL EVER BE?

Who knows why I will ever be
Or why God is Infinity
And what the Meaning of Life gives
And what our Suffering truly is?

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I Wrote A Poem For Myself

I WROTE A POEM FOR MYSELF

I wrote a poem for myself
It was not read by anyone else -
And when I die it will die with me,
Both of us – non- entities.

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If I Can Write A Poem

IF I CAN WRITE A POEM

If I can write a poem
That makes you feel
You already have,
Or would have-
written it.

I have written a poem
For both of us.

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We are all moving away from each other

WE ARE ALL MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

We are all moving away from each other
Faster than we know
Into colder and colder darkness
Forever all alone.

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Hasidic Poem

Hasidic Poem

Be happy without reason
Dance and sing
When the inner music comes-
Do not fear-
‘Love and laugh and be happy’
God will be Happy too.

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We Live Through The Beauty

WE LIVE THROUGH THE BEAUTY

We live through the Beauty
Of small acts of Kindness
Which each day save us
From the Ugliness
Of being only for ourselves.

poem by Shalom Freedman
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The Poem Of Frustration, Anxiety, Fear

THE POEM OF FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY, FEAR

The Poem of Frustration, Anxiety, Fear
Is the Poem
Which when written rightly
makes its own subject
Disappear.

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