Chris Corrigan wrote: > Colleagues: > > The 2nd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest has now > officially drawn to a close and, as OSLIST Poet Laureate, it gives me > great pleasure to announce the winner. > > Congratulations go to Chris Weaver, our new OSLIST Poet Laureate. > Chris's poem received the most votes, even though Chris modestly voted > for someone else! > > In addition to wearing the mantle of the OSLIST Poet Laureate, Chris > will receive a copy of The Tao of Pooh and shoulder the responsibility > for organizing the 3rd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest in > October. > > Thanks to all who participated...is someone willing to host the complete > collection on a Web page somewhere? > > And, now...the winning poem, and it's truly a beatiful piece; an > extended metaphorical meditiation on Open Space and swimming with a > touch of whimsy and a barely acceptable bending of the rules in the > fourth stanza. Thanks Chris, and congrats. Please email me your > address so I can wing your prize to you: > > OPEN SPACE > > You have arrived here > before, burning for air, > surfacing in a circle > of early spring lakewater > > with loons around you. > Did even the ones > who love you understand > why you stepped off > > the dock into black > water? The beckoning voice > was so soft: consider > the lilies. We carve > > that first time into > a monument of birdsong > and hand eachother deeper > trust, easily, like sandwiches. > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > 108-1035 Pacific Street > Vancouver BC > V6E 4G7 > > Phone: 604.683.3080 > Fax: 604.683.3036 > > (GO LEAFS GO!)
Congratulations, Chris Weaver! I loved your poem - found it wispy, and deep, and rich with metaphor and connection. Thank you --BJ
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