Cool poem Chris.
Call me simple, (or even a simpleton), but why do I find limericks so fulfilling. :-) Warm regards, Andrew -- Check out our great story workshop: Change your Story <http://www.anecdote.com.au/coursedisplay.php?cid=13> Change your World -- Nov 21, 24, 27 Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Andrew Rixon PhD Director Anecdote Pty Ltd Skype: AndrewJRixon Mobile: 0400 352 809 Fax: (03) 9383 6274 Email: and...@anecdote.com.au URL: http://www.anecdote.com.au _____ From: Chris Corrigan [mailto:ch...@chriscorrigan.com] Sent: Thursday, 5 October 2006 3:24 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Craig--Open Space Poem There once was a woman called Birch Who was invited to work with a church She knew all the rules, And could use all the tools And finally chose Future Search. She did well but felt that the place Might use a little more grace So she threw out the rules And sat and retooled And finally just opened some space;. Chris On 10/4/06, Harrison Owen < hho...@verizon.net <mailto:hho...@verizon.net> > wrote: Craig -- Love the poem. And I find the serendipitous ridiculousness of writing poems about a "meeting methodology" particularly appealing. Maybe somebody has done it, but I have yet to see an "Ode to Real Time Strategic Change," A Sonnet in honor of Appreciative Inquiry, or blank verse charting a Future Search. But then again it may not be about a "meeting methodology?" Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archivesVisit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Craig Gilliam Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:16 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Craig--Open Space Poem Below is a poem I offer that emerged from my experiences of Open Space. This is the world it creates for me and in me. I hope you enjoy the sense and nonsense of it. Thanks, Craig A Poem of Open Space Craig Gilliam 10/3/06 The dance of nonsense, in and out of time, the swirling mass matters, the deep rhythms, no one knows, but all know, unspoken, rising waters, sinking tides, the Spirit moving over the deep, order from chaos, chaos from order, silence, out of the whirlwind, out of the fragments of disconnects, a subtle voice emerges, whispers, shouts, a new song, a new order, new connections, playing with and through us; Is it all for naught, or is it naught that opens the way? * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist