Noah's On the Far Side

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I relay this poem to the reader in first person to aid relation between myself/my world as an allegorical understanding of a substrata of insect specie I love in my home State of Minnesota, on the Northern Border of the USA currently endangered with warnings of extinction by 2050 due to habitat destruction of numerous ills...in particular, I only encounter Fireflies currently in the pure air rolling off Lake Superior in the 1/2 mile Northern Rainforest Zone, a wild land filled with singular magical flora and fauna found nowhere else in the World I often write about.
Past the haze of campfires glow,
Along the rocky shore, where
Fireflies dance & laughter rolls,
The Raven waits for me.

Butterflies and Bumblebees,
Blind to futures past, await the 
Day the harvest brings, the songs
Of journeys last.

Until that time, the calm I seek,
Must scurry to and fro,
The devil hems and haws with me,
But goodness only grows.

I look around, the change I see,
Lays scattered in the wind,
The final breeze I yearn to feel,
Lies buried in the end.


October, '18

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 4/30/2023 5:08:00 AM
Hmm Jimbo, there is great feeling in this Empartation' It evokes much the hard won The vauge times half hearted tries we make And God.' God He is always God powerful alert And waiting for us..Ready or not. !
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 4/30/2023 5:41:00 AM
Thanks for stopping by Joe!
Date: 11/7/2018 11:42:00 PM
Came back for the mysterious melody, natural melody. Shalom, shalom my dear Brother in Jesus Christ
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 11/7/2018 11:48:00 PM
Thank you Anil, yes...this song came to my pen in one fell swoop!
Date: 10/31/2018 6:20:00 AM
Very beautiful poem, I sure hope we find a way to build a better world for our children, I just did a FB post about wolfs revving a region, it give me hope yes we can save us fro ourselves!!!
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 11/1/2018 8:52:00 PM
Thanks Art!
Date: 10/31/2018 12:51:00 AM
What a beautiful poem James! Unfortunately the greed of man will take from anywhere, anything and anyhow. Deforestation and landfills are the order of the day it seems, but karma will come in this lifetime, because where else can the animals go but venture into humans territory and where will they find food, in the suburbs! Meanwhile we have lost the beauty of seeing them in their own habitat. well done. Kind regards, Jennifer
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 11/1/2018 8:52:00 PM
Thank you Jennifer!
Date: 10/29/2018 4:12:00 PM
Enjoyed and a fave!
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/29/2018 4:24:00 PM
Thanks Kim!
Date: 10/24/2018 10:31:00 AM
Hi, Jimbo, sure can relate to this wonderful poem, it is the bees and the butterfly here in the uk...
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/25/2018 7:52:00 AM
Always nice to see you, Harry! Thanks!
Date: 10/20/2018 3:50:00 PM
Jimbo, love the message of this write. I have many memories of fireflies and running to catch them in a jar but letting them go later - there are definitely fewer around but I still see them.
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Date: 10/20/2018 7:56:00 PM
Thanks for stoppin' by, Craig!
Date: 10/19/2018 12:21:00 PM
Lines 13-16 makes a reader/s sad. Line 12, a biblical number of fulfillment, grabbed me gently & I felt the Ruach, the "Breath of Winds." Such an uplifting powm with soul-lyrics, because Nature just "grows" not worrying in/out of time. Shalom, shalom my dear Brother & Friend of lil' Creatures He made.
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/20/2018 7:49:00 PM
Very cool review, Brother Anil! Shalom, Shalom...peace be upon you
Date: 10/17/2018 5:38:00 AM
This one is really deep.. I love that last stanza.. so profound..
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Date: 10/20/2018 7:47:00 PM
Thanks SO!
Date: 10/15/2018 4:46:00 PM
jimbo, without doubt, you are a bard of nature highlighting both the dark and bright of creation, yet within a sense of gloom, you offer a balm of hope... ohh!...huggs
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/15/2018 5:18:00 PM
Thank you Nette! you have seen I always try to allow the reader a dopamine release at the end, thru the nucleus accumben in the frontal hippocampal of the brain! helping you remember my poem fondly (& meaningfully!)
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Nette Onclaud
Date: 10/15/2018 4:47:00 PM
re-reading with more vigor!
Date: 10/7/2018 10:06:00 AM
Hi James, this is such an excellent write. I love the content of this write. The gentle flow just brings me into the piece. Your words paint such vivid imagery. Excellent write James. have a wonderful Sunday. Your friend....Mike.
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/7/2018 11:02:00 AM
Thanks for stopping by, Mike... love your poetry!
Date: 10/3/2018 1:23:00 AM
There is no only depth, there is a depth of goodness when I read your poems, this poem was so nice!
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/3/2018 3:52:00 AM
Thank you Arthur! I quit fb for a spell! it seems to tire me quickly! good to see you here my good friend!
Date: 10/2/2018 3:20:00 PM
jimbo, such a pensive write that glows with your soft language... i love this especially the last verse!...huggs
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James Marshall Goff
Date: 10/2/2018 6:34:00 PM
Thank you Nette, nice to see you...
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