>From the other side of the world thanks for encouraging us to spin some word-silk, Lisa, and congratulations to Agnetta for a beautiful word-web!
David From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 12:20 PM To: OSLIST Subject: [OSList] Poetry Contest - the poets, revealed And now - all the poetry that inspired and invited in this season's sharing. Such a richness of imagery, reflection and creativity. >From across the world, and for some of these poets - creating beautiful language in a language that is not their mother tongue. We are so lucky to have you among us. Feel free to share your poetry at any time, all of you. Because your doing so gives us rich nutrition... - Lisa _____________________________________________ 1 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) _____________________________________________ 2 space, no longer a void filled with passion and responsibility in the golden centre sits Fr Brian, smiling -- Kerry Napuk (Edinburgh, Scotland) _____________________________________________ 3 breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out Who ever is breathing breathes in breathes out. Whatever is breathed it is breathed in breathed out. Whenever I´m breathing I breathe in I breathe out. Wherever I´m breathing I breathe in I breathe out. When I stop breathing its over, but its not over as long I breathe in I breathe out. The turn between in and out tells me that we are all one in breathing. breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out -- Florian Fischer (Berlin, Germany / Rodalquilar, Spain) _____________________________________________ 4 being one with life with the snowy slopes with the river that flows through the mountain village wider and wider being a person alive one among many swimming and grasping desperately a piece of wood to hold on to tighter and tighter witnessing and trusting whatever comes the piece of wood as well as the river a love story of presence walking on but never leaving between the out-breath and the in-breath vastness of space conceiving a star continuous breathing the light of the unknown no beginning and no end -- Griet Hellinckx (Bavaria, Germany) _____________________________________________ 5 Were in trouble A promise not kept Not the first time The boss is desperate Theyve come to me Help! They say 14 countries meeting on the dateline All expect major change Here, read this Im handed the green book OST User Guide Make a pitch in the morning I pitch it They buy it All assemble in the circle On the dateline A decade later It is still referred to as The Miracle at Madang! -- Elwin Guild (Connecticut, USA) _____________________________________________ 6 Space Infinite Space Complex Space Simple Space Elegant Space Open open space infinite complex simple elegant -- David Smith (Victoria, Australia) _____________________________________________ 7 >From the heart: Invoking, Feeling, Breathing, and Serving One process One Circle Not Two Is Peace Dorota Klimowicz (Toronto, Canada) _____________________________________________ 8 Space Space between the walls Space between my eyes and this word Space between the Sun and Earth, between the comets and the stars, space. Space between the roof and the floor Space between the cell and its neighbor cells Space between the electrons, and protons and neutrons, between you and me and us, space. Open Open the door to cross a threshold Open your eyes to let the light carrying these letters in Open your ears to let the vibrations talk to you Open your mind to realize theres only space Open your heart to understand that space is a Gift. Open the Gift Open the Gift to create, to express, to become. Open the Gift of losing yourself and finding ourselves. Open the Gift of letting the Universe express to ourselves. Open the Gift of becoming the paint of the Universe masterpiece... The Universe itself. -- Carlos Adrián Pompa González (Monterrey, México) _____________________________________________ 9 Whoever comes will definitely meet the law of two feet and rules that state that she is right and he is right and place is right and time is right whoever comes whenever forever -- Arno Baltin (Tallinn, Estonia) _____________________________________________ 10 A breath a gentle nod and here we go - I'm on my toes but ease back The circle is open the wall is too mind is numb and so it is a fraction - of a second What do I love? feel passion for concern, or connection - responsibility? who am I? Two feet and a heart and a pen paper and a wall and a hall, and some chairs and above all - my fellows, my friends my teachers -- Marie Ann Östlund (Stockholm, Sweden) _____________________________________________ And also the lovely poem Jane shared with us during this time... letting go i stood at the circumference of the open circle and breathed too hard and felt light-headed and as i fell i knew the ground would catch me and i emerged the same but different -- Jane E Lewis (Tainan, Taiwan) _____________________________________________ A deep bow to you all, Lisa
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