Thanks to Ralph the originator of the semi-annual poetry contest. Your mad inspiration has brought us outbursts of fine poetry on a steady cycle, like the rhythmic blazes of spring wildflowers and autumn leaves in the higher latitudes.
And it's that time again! Open Space, and Open Space Technology, are filled with beauty and tension. They help us bring forth the deep rich parts of ourselves, and of our work with others which might be called organizations. I invite you to write a poem which calls forth, questions, and/or celebrates OS and/or OST. --- The fourth OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Celebration and Contest begins on April 1. Don't wait to start writing! >From April 1 to April 15, I invite you to send your poem(s) to me mailto:j...@svn.net or to OSLIST. Soon after April 15, I will publish all of the entries onto the OSLIST for our enjoyment. And I will invite us to select our favorites. The rules of selection will be clear. And the contest will end on April 30. The winner of the contest will become our next Poet Laureate, and receive as a prize my faded book of prose poems This Body is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood, by Robert Bly (with wonderful pencil illustrations by Gendron Jensen.) --- Here is the form you must use: Each poem must contain exactly 21 words, and begin with the letter A. As long as it contains exactly 21 words, it can be in any form. The poem may be in any language. If it is in a language other than English, please provide an English translation. The original poem must contain exactly 21 words; the translation can be any length. You must begin the original poem with an equivalent of the letter A. If you use a title, it may be included in the 21 words, or not - it will be your choice. The title may begin with the letter A, or the poem may do so - your choice. The letter A may be upper case (A) or lower case (a). If the referee (me) has a question about a poem, I will privately ask the poet to explain the count or the letter A. So I don't plan to refuse any poem, as long as the explanation is very creative. --- I must warn you that the title Poet Laureate is more responsibility than I thought! ;-) You will regularly wonder what to do, how to respond to the faith that your colleagues have placed in you. ;-) You will try a few things which will fall to the ground in awkward silence. ;-) But then you get to design the next contest, which again brings a bouquet of scents and colors to our OSLIST. That, plus some crafty padding for your resume, is worth its weight in golden autumn leaves. Write on! Jeff - Jeff Aitken Inverness Ridge, CA USA 415.669.1924 j...@svn.net trainings in open space process: http://www.openspaceworld.org/wwbb/Forum1/HTML/000022.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed