Notes About The Poem
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.

Noah's On the Far Side

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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Maverick Avatar
April 30, 2023 at 5:08 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. !
Goff Avatar
April 30, 2023 at 5:41 AM
Thanks for stopping by Joe!
Deo Avatar
November 7, 2018 at 11:42 PM
Came back for the mysterious melody, natural melody. Shalom, shalom my dear Brother in Jesus Christ
Goff Avatar
November 7, 2018 at 11:48 PM
Thank you Anil, yes...this song came to my pen in one fell swoop!
Vaso Avatar
October 31, 2018 at 6:20 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!!!
Goff Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 8:52 PM
Thanks Art!
Proxenos Avatar
October 31, 2018 at 12:51 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
Goff Avatar
November 1, 2018 at 8:52 PM
Thank you Jennifer!
Rodrigues Avatar
October 29, 2018 at 4:12 PM
Enjoyed and a fave!
Goff Avatar
October 29, 2018 at 4:24 PM
Thanks Kim!
Horsman Avatar
October 24, 2018 at 10:31 AM
Hi, Jimbo, sure can relate to this wonderful poem, it is the bees and the butterfly here in the uk...
Goff Avatar
October 25, 2018 at 7:52 AM
Always nice to see you, Harry! Thanks!
Cornish Avatar
October 20, 2018 at 3:50 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.
Goff Avatar
October 20, 2018 at 7:56 PM
Thanks for stoppin' by, Craig!
Deo Avatar
October 19, 2018 at 12:21 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.
Goff Avatar
October 20, 2018 at 7:49 PM
Very cool review, Brother Anil! Shalom, Shalom...peace be upon you
One Avatar
October 17, 2018 at 5:38 AM
This one is really deep.. I love that last stanza.. so profound..
Goff Avatar
October 20, 2018 at 7:47 PM
Thanks SO!
Onclaud Avatar
October 15, 2018 at 4:46 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
Goff Avatar
October 15, 2018 at 5:18 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!)
Onclaud Avatar
October 15, 2018 at 4:47 PM
re-reading with more vigor!
Raven Avatar
October 7, 2018 at 10:06 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.
Goff Avatar
October 7, 2018 at 11:02 AM
Thanks for stopping by, Mike... love your poetry!
Vaso Avatar
October 3, 2018 at 1:23 AM
There is no only depth, there is a depth of goodness when I read your poems, this poem was so nice!
Goff Avatar
October 3, 2018 at 3:52 AM
Thank you Arthur! I quit fb for a spell! it seems to tire me quickly! good to see you here my good friend!
Onclaud Avatar
October 2, 2018 at 3:20 PM
jimbo, such a pensive write that glows with your soft language... i love this especially the last verse!...huggs
Goff Avatar
October 2, 2018 at 6:34 PM
Thank you Nette, nice to see you...
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