James Marshall Goff Poet Prose Poetry

Of Man and Nature, a Democratic Union

"I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out"
-Walt Whitman

I walk the land as I want,
the flutter of the dove shudders my 
eyelids, dodging my step.
My soul, linking all souls, passes through 
trees on my trail, bounding among planets 
glimpsed between the apex of pine. I have 
no fear of being beyond my body, nor 
does the seed that falls from spent flower, 
anguish beyond time. The unseen bloom, 
millenial light-years away, shares 
inherent liberty. Many will gather these 
words and hold them to the highest light, 
that of our Creator, whose compassion 
trifles not with material gain, but with 
justice and liberty for all living things,
(equal with respect to all previous 
sufferings and triumphs centuries before) 
So it is with high diligence I value the true 
compass of man and woman, forever 
linked with our inalienable rights, as 
nature intends.



02/20/14
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Sunlite Wanter July 15, 2017 at 12:18 PM Congratulations on your "feature." You're quite the philosopher - and I enjoyed. James Marshall Goff July 15, 2017 at 8:42 PM Sunlite...a pleasure having you visit my humble scratchings...thanks sp much!

Edward Mccall July 4, 2017 at 10:10 AM This is the first poem of yours I have ever read and I must say. What a wonderful expression of human rights And how they've been given to us by our Creator and not by some government entity. James Marshall Goff July 4, 2017 at 10:18 AM Thank you, Edward! your visit made me review my poem after 3yrs. & caught a typo! Thanks for stopping by!

David Williams February 23, 2014 at 12:39 PM Jimbo, I love this picture of the hopes of man and woman for the future...David

Nette Onclaud February 23, 2014 at 9:29 AM jimbo, been a while.. i see you have written an illustruous piece on equality.. i hail your inherent value for equal rights between men and women... your sense of freedom shines!.. huggs