Short Goff Poems

COLD NIGHT RAIN

 numb
 peril
 invades me
 fighting demons
 as midnight appears with frozen laughter




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James Marshall Goff...

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LIGHTS ABOVE LAKE SUPERIOR

moonrise
pours caramel
splashing across the lake,
reflecting aurora's pining
elope


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forces of evil
drop boulders in lake of love
pebbles expand hope

vitriolic words
appeal to lowest nature
rudderless leaders




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two worlds colliding contest...

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Words tremble
Crisp winds bear burdens
Summer promised, as daylight drifts away
Your heart.... singing in choirs of fading bloom
Hears not






james marshall goff
for Russell's Up In The Autumn Air contest
10/30/12...

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2,4,6,8,2


wind songs,
branches dancing
to an epoch ballad
Such an inspiring event.
Her songs.



This, my submission into the "Modern Cinquain" game... Thank you James Goff for your
invitation...

Jared Pickett
9/12/09
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Tears lost and alive
Finding hope with golden moon
Regrets I’ve left holding close
Tremble in my angst
Rising once more with your smile
Shimmering in your full moon


James Marshall Goff
What happens during a full moon contest
10/30/11...

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Vincent van Gogh**
Sliced his left ear off
Only one painting did Van Gogh sell  -
maybe he didn’t hear the doorbell!


The only painting Van Gogh sold during his lifetime was Red Vineyard at Arles
**Based on the European pronunciation of the name which is Van Goff!

05~30~15
Entered into Premiere contest #11 sponsored by Skat A...

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I've been tagged by a poet named Fraser
He's known as a Highland star gazer
With such passion imparts
Are the poems from his heart
And a wit that's as sharp as a razor

Now it's time for the other man, James
The Soup family cheered when you came
Mr. Goff you've been tossed
Right into the flames
Of Miss Guzzi's new Limerick game!


You are it....James Goff !!...

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Jared, Jared he's our man, if he can't do it nobody can!
Goff found me hiding in my pity, post thanksgiving day downer
Got me running on my feet, with a cheer for the team(poetry soup)

We are shaken, never out
I let out a shout--hurray!!
Hurray! Gooo Team!!!

I was tagged by James Marshall Goff and I am tagging Jared Pickett to pass on the Holiday 
pass along game. No rules--just fun....

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Oh sanguine

lost hopes

and 

dreams

each ornament renews

kisses, laughter, loved ones remembered
each ornament renews
victories, struggles, from bounty to barren
each ornament renews
cradle to grave, sweet memories rush back
each ornament renews
strength to survive, with loved ones near
each ornament renews

oh sanguine

fresh hopes

and

dreams

each ornament renewed 


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‘James ‘Jimbo’ Marshall Goff ’

 There Was A Gentle Man, Known As Jimbo
Who Had An Exceptional-Voiced, Poet-Lingo
    That When He Spoke To The Trees
       They All Dropped Their Leaves
At The Autumn Song of His Classical-Soul-O



For Jimbo ... Because of His Depth of Soul
           Tenderness For Nature
Strong Convictions, Multi-Faceted Triumphs
          and an All Around Good Guy

                 Your Poet-Friend, MoonBee...

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Today, your face and heart may wear a frown
Some one or life has let you down
One lesson I have learned so well
In that dark place I will not dwell
Sorrow may bring to my eyes a flood
And tears overflow and stain the floor
At that moment recall yesterdays so dark 
How you survived when hope did spark
If tears must fall, to cleanse the pain 
Then let it be! For with hope, comes more gain
Look past it to tomorrow!

*Written for my poet friend, James Marshall Goff
6/29/10...

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The scent of Eagles
Shortly after hate-filled
Cantations
Drive you vertically insane

Nearly touching utopia
Engulfed in flames
Your editor suggested options

Including uncovering cemetery
Ashtrays enrobed in trace-water
Marble

Unforgiving
Even joyful        I concede

Your mouth dripping fresh-picked
Strawberries

While antediluvian rainbows
March towards certain death
Or nirvana
You
Said

As phases of the
Moon
Dictate


6/20/15
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