Big congrats to you Agneta the laureate. Grateful to other contestants. Thanks Lisa for your graceful hosting!!!^^
spark 2012. 2. 21. 오전 10:02에 "Lisa Heft" <lisah...@openingspace.net>님이 작성: > I am pleased to announce the new OSLIST Poet Laureate... > Agneta Setterwall !!! > > As Poet Laureate she will be holding space on OSLIST for poetry about and > inspired by Open Space over the next six months. > > Please join me in welcoming Agneta ! > > Below is her poem. > And below that is a little history of the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry > Contest and a list of our past Poet Laureates. A deep bow to you all, and > to poetry - Lisa > > ______________________ > > > An open space? > I hesitate > > A call somewhere? > I hesitate > > An open door? > I hesitate > > And people too?! > I hesitate! > > Supposed to speak? > I hesitate!! > > Tell what I need... > I hesitate... > > Tell what I want? > I hesitate! > > And they all hear... > I doubt they do! > > They will not care! > I´m sure, I´m sure... > > And... there they come! > Oh my! They do! > > And now we talk! > We do! We do!!! > > ...they listen too... > ...and so do I... > > ...and what will come...? > Oh my! Oh my!!! > > > -- Agneta Setterwall (Uppsala, Sweden) > > > ______________________ > > History of the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest > > “For all those who might be curious, the OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form > Poetry Contest started in the spring of 2000 when I issued the challenge to > the list. [The late great] Ralph Copleman actually began the whole thing > with a contest in the fall of 1999 (which I won) and so he is the “Poetry > King” for all time. I just claimed the “Poet Laureate” title in an effort > to have some fun. It was something of a one martini idea, and I was out of > gin at the time...” > > > > 'Restricted form' means some described form or boundary for the poem - as > in this recent Poetry Contest where you were invited to create poems about > or inspired by Open Space and breathing, trusting the unknown, and > emergence. > > > ______________________ > > Our Past OSLIST Poet Laureates > > Ralph Copleman 1999 > Chris Corrigan 1999 > Chris Weaver 2000 > Jeff Aitken 2000 > Florian Fischer 2001 > Laurel Doersam 2002 > Audrey Coward 2002 > Joelle Everett 2003 > Florian Fischer 2003 > Joelle Everett 2004 > Lisa Heft 2006 > Teresa Pokasony 2006 > Karen Sella 2007 > Jeff Aitken 2008 > Anne Hiha 2008 > Esther Ewing 2009 > Chris Corrigan 2010 > ...and now... Agneta Setterwall 2012 > > ______________________ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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