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Gone From My Sight by Henry Van Dyke

Justin Germino — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:00:37 +0000

A poem about death and the transition, Gone From My Sight was written by Henry Van Dyke. Poem is read aloud by Justin Germino.

Gone From My Sight

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, “There, she is gone.”

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,

hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me — not in her.

And, just at the moment when someone says, “There, she is gone,”
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, “Here she comes!”

And that is dying…

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Haiku Trio: Random Twitter Poem for Apr 29

Justin Germino — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:36:59 +0000

For today’s Random Twitter Poetry game, one of my readers asked about doing a Haiku and it had been a while since I wrote haiku’s as part of the Random Twitter Poetry game, so today’s 10 words were formed and used in 3 Haiku’s which tried to all tie together to a common theme of danger, loss and regret. Today’s 10 words (in bold) were provided by the following Twitter players:
@ericwilborn (inconclusive), @dave_your_fave (Danger), @ursaring89 (Connector), @koyaairo (discombobulated), @artisanupdates (Peace), @jaclynfett (magnet), @spikeyloki (Conserve), @goodyniosi (consternation), @dyet_rkeza (investment), @davelucas (boisterous)

You can listen to the haiku’s here or read them below.

Lost Investment

Investment in peace
data inconclusive
a war magnet race

Thrill Seek

Boisterous Danger
the thrill; a great connector
conserve meets the wind

Hindsight

late consternation
now discombobulated
lesson learned too late

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Heart Rain: Random Twitter Poem for Apr 5th

Justin Germino — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:25:59 +0000

Today’s poem is Heart Rain and a small poem where I tried to fit in the emotional turmoil of things gone sour into merely 8 lines. This poem includes 14 random words (in bold) provided by the following Twitter players:
@melissatippie (Heartbroken), @spikeyloki (stupendous), @wippy_ (jealousy), @jeegeepee (change), @justswierk (sorry), @wwm_shakespeare (noiseless), @spikeyloki (stigma), @crysislevel (cloudy), @caterpillarjive (ingratiate), @chatterboxchuck (Revolution), @goodyniosi (blissful), @lovedigimedia (Progress), @selurus (sabotage), @dawnie22 (healed)

I read this poem aloud, listen here or read below.

Heart Rain

Where is the progress
healed blissful revolution
sabotage a noiseless sorry
carries stupendous change

Why are there heartbroken
with the stigma of jealousy
why not ingratiate with love
a respect that’s never cloudy

-Poem by Justin Germino

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The Black Seams: Random Twitter Poem for Feb 21st

Justin Germino — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:32:49 +0000

Okay so the title was a little inspired by the Sting Song We Work the Black Seams which I came up with after I wrote the poem. This Twitter poem included 15 word (in bold) provided by the following Twitter players: @theblogworkshop (Romance), @amabaie (glow), @resumeblog (stigma), @goodyniosi (insouciant), @solomonobaje (Journeyman), @link_between (invigorating), @ricepoint1 (Win), @jackjackduank (Worldwide), @wippy_ (vinyl), @allianceenviro (rain), @davelucas (Barcalounger), @shaboom (Linger), @najirion (titan), @ursaring89 (Whimper), @denidtigner (depression)

Listen to the poem here, or read it below.

The Black Seams

No romance in the rain today
like a buried forgotten titan
insouciant journeyman ploughs forth
glow of lanterns an invigorating depression
stigma of coal; black as vinyl ever present
this gig a win in a worldwide job shortage
and with no time to linger or whimper
without thought to retire to a barcalounger
he continues mining and carving his hole

-Poem by Justin Germino

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Poem: New Chances

Justin Germino — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000

I wanted to write something for New Years and thought a crossroads type of poem would be a good place to start. This poem just wrote itself as I started to think about things like resolutions, 2nd chances and future potential.

New Chances

A chance to win what was lost
a chance to change at any cost

A reason to be something greater
a reason to become an original creator

A prospect of something to finally win
a prospect to right a previous sin

A gift of hindsight to get things right
a gift of future that shines so bright

A hope that a world will be in healing
a hope that more people will start feeling

A time to do something previously planned
a time to finally take that last stand

-Poem by Justin Germino

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Poem: Life Canvas

Justin Germino — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:00:39 +0000

A poem about nightmares, dreams, goals, aspirations and how our imagination and thoughts paint our future.

Life Canvas

We are cast in nightmares
puppets in this dark play
forever hours of the night
taking pleasures in this fright

We are cast in dreams
heroes our model and guides
hope and successes we will show
as aspirations start to grow

We are cast in futures
art on your mental canvas
brush strokes deciding fate
you choose which colors await

Poem by Justin Germino

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12.21.12 Random Twitter Poem for Dec 11th

Justin Germino — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:25:56 +0000

The poem 12.21.12 is a doomsday poem depicting a situation where human learns in the last moments that the end is coming. This poem captures those final moments and includes 14 random words (in bold) provided by the following Twitter players: @najirion (haunting), @writingnag (unexpected), @essvari (double dutch), @technicallyeasy (baking), @rubyvintage (measure), @ken_yub13 (stapler), @davelucas (pudding), @goodyniosi (genuflect), @lorimc64 (glow), @wannajus (curtain), @marsdorian (oblivion), @mollygirl77 (NOEL), @ou_com (Historical), @solomonobaje (Ambidextrous)

Listen to the poem here, or read it below.

12.21.12

Haunting science the stapler of truth
ambidextrous deity spells our doom
frightened knees turning to pudding
as desperate worshippers genuflect
no way to measure society baking
under this solar double Dutch oven
final visions an unexpected glow
historical curtain of oblivion arrives
this final Noel would never come

-Poem written by Justin Germino

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Back to Bed: Random Twitter Poem for Dec 10th

Justin Germino — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:16:42 +0000

Today’s poem was written for anyone who ever didn’t want to get out of bed on a cold snowy morning and instead smash the alarm clock and call in sick instead. This poem included the 17 random words (in bold) provided by the following Twitter players:
@technicallyeasy (crab), @kristinephoto (flaccid), @cindy091896 (pillow), @goodyniosi (seraphim), @originaldrofmij (agile), @ken_yub13 (leg), @johndobbs (circumstance), @spikeyloki (pledge), @tabulyo (caught), @vanshea (Loudly), @techwork_dk (Snow), @dave_your_fave (Decimate), @doyoubeyou (coffee), @xation (Elbow), @solomonobaje (Swanky), @melissatippie (sad), @mollygirl77 (divine),

This poem was also read aloud, listen to it here:

Back to Bed

Caught in this sleepy circumstance
clinging to this divine pillow
using your leg instead of elbow
to decimate the loudly jeering alarm clock

Though swanky coffee perfumes the air
your agile body stuck; a flaccid crab
seraphim kisses of snow tease windows
you pledge to not face the sad truth

This day shall never start; instead
perfection so sweet found sleeping in
stealing a morning for yourself; once
just going back to bed instead

-Poem written by Justin Germino

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Poem: Formal Lunch

Justin Germino — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:00:03 +0000

I hadn’t recorded a new poem in a while so decided to make this one an audio poem as well, you can listen to it here or read it below.

Formal Lunch

In a ridiculous situation

handing over a business card

fancy initials shining

no headsets block the crashing

whole room noticing immediately

a lighthouse beam of attention

sublime anarchy as glasses fall

blasted raisin revenge in disguise

as wine stains sleeves and tablecloths

my formal lunch never forgotten

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Thursday Afternoon: Random Twitter Poem for Aug 30th

Justin Germino — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:02:24 +0000

Of course this poem was inspired by Thursday and it was written on a Thursday Afternoon as one mulls over the final workload for the day watching and hoping for the sun to gravitate toward dusk and end the workday. This poem was inspired by the 10 random words (in bold) provided by the following Twitter players:
@wippy_ (typhoon), @goodyniosi (compliance), @darlakrusee (orange), @melissatippie (Thursday), @solomonobaje (Marque), @kujen92 (timeless), @volusiaforobama (retroactive), @costa_jl (cerebrate), @oneunder2001 (fettle), @jcvara (Hyperlocal)

Definitions:
Cerebrate – to use the mind, think or think about
Marque – a product model or type, as of a luxury or racing car.
Fettle – state or condition

Listen to the poem here or read below:

Thursday Afternoon

Dealing with
the timeless typhoon
a cerebrate Thursday
of retroactive
compliance

Orange disk
hyperlocal marque descending
this cleansing fettle
scrubbing another
workday

-Poem by Justin Germino

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