Wow...Elizabeth gets extra points for making her .sig file conform to the rules too!
Chris "Elisabeth M. La Fontaine CMP" wrote: > Elisabeth M. La Fontaine CMPThe Paragon Group Inc.#800 - 920 Yonge > StreetToronto, ON. M4W 3C7 > e...@paragonevents.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On > Behalf Of Chris Corrigan > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 12:56 AM > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: New OS poetry contest > > As OSLIST Poet Laureate (i won the last contest, so I lay > claim to the title), it gives me great pleasure to > officially open the 2nd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form > Poetry Contest. > > If you recall, the last contest called for poets to submit > poems composed of words which started with each letter of > the alphabet in sequence. > > This time, the form is a little more open, but still > restrictive. > > Your task is to produce a poem relating to Open Space in > four stanzas of four lines, each containing four words. The > winner will be selected by a OSLIST wide vote. > > The winner will receive my much loved copy of the "Tao of > Pooh", and the right to wear the mantle of the Poet > Laureate. You will also receive the heavy responsibility of > crafting the 3rd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry > Contest in six months time. > > Submissions can be made to me on or off list and the dead > line is April 30, 11:59 Pacific Standard Time. > > To kick things off, here is my submission. It shouldn't be > too hard to improve upon it. > > Good luck! > > Opening the dance > > I live my life > in meeting rooms with > bad lighting, awkward angles > strange cities, obstructed views -- > > walking circles, sweeping my > arms in gentle gestures > awakening spirit like light > trailing from my fingertips > > I prise open space > great oceanic prairies that > lie within people and > grab reluctant hands, lead > > them to a dance > floor and then I > sit back, out of > the way and watch. > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > 108-1035 Pacific Street > Vancouver BC > V6E 4G7 > > Phone: 604.683.3080 > Fax: 604.683.3036 > > (GO LEAFS GO!) > > -- CHRIS CORRIGAN 108-1035 Pacific Street Vancouver BC V6E 4G7 Phone: 604.683.3080 Fax: 604.683.3036 (GO LEAFS GO!)