James Marshall Goff | + Follow Poet |
Free verse | + Fav Poem | Comment | Email | Print |

Midnight Goose

A 
   Solitary
               Sound

Calling in the distant

Forgotten by day
Alone in the night

No one to cheer
        only
        the
Crescent Moon

Sparking  a glimmer
Off a distant pond
Miles ahead

Miles to go

Strange shapes clutching
Every breath

Sounding alarm 
Every tenth stroke

Hoping for response

Hoping
                      For
                                          Response



12/01/11
12:22am 
© All Rights Reserved

Please Login to post a comment

Brenda Chiri Date: 2/6/2022 1:32:00 AM James congrats on your win! Login to Reply

Carrie Richards Date: 7/16/2013 7:49:00 PM Hi James........I'm sooooo glad you read this poem on Drake's show! I had to come here and tell you how much I enjoyed this one ....... what a simple but amazing poem.....metaphor that we can all relate to! Thanks for reading and sharing!! You did a great read! (By the way....I'm craving goose-berry or cherry pie!! lol) !!!!!!!!!!!!! Login to Reply

Elizabeth Wesley Date: 12/7/2011 6:39:00 PM This goose needs a mate to go with him. He sounds so lonesome and your poem makes me feel sad. Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 12/3/2011 4:19:00 PM I thought that I had commented on this one..Enjoyed reading..It reminded me of Robert Frost for some reason..Sara Login to Reply

Kabuteng P.Ink K. Date: 12/3/2011 11:25:00 AM What a sad goose that must be, Jimbo but I do hope that somebody returns its call...very interesting poem... :) Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 12/3/2011 9:02:00 AM wow, sounds ominous!! Great mood you created with this one. Login to Reply

Don Johnson Date: 12/1/2011 12:37:00 AM used to have a plurry goose, slept with me cattle dog called blue, ripped wiring out under me horse float, so was running wire don't ya know it, took him to a near lagoon, with geese he was the crazy loon, release... Login to Reply