OK friends and neighbors. It's time for a poetry celebration and contest! The work we do is filled with beauty and tension. I never sleep a wink the night before; and I have seen wildness, wonder, witchery, and wishes come true during and after an OST event.
I invite you to write a poem about the beauty and tension of the Open Space and/or Open Space Technology. --- >From now 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.) --- Rules: Each poem must contain exactly 21 words, and begin with the letter A (or a). The poem may be in any language. If other than English, please provide an English translation. The original poem must contain exactly 21 words; the translation can be any length, and does not have to begin with A. A title may be included in the 21 words, or not - your choice. The title may begin with the letter A, or the poem may do so - your choice. 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! - 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