And, because so many creative things are floating around - face-to-
face, virtually or otherwise about Open Space, I remind you that the
OSLIST Poetry Contest is still open.
See below.
Some lovely poems are floating into my inbox...
Lisa
From: Lisa Heft <[email protected]>
Date: May 8, 2013 12:42:30 PM PDT
To: OSLIST <[email protected]>
Subject: The OSLIST Biannual Restricted Form Poetry Contest - Summer
2013
Dear Colleagues -
Doug's recent poem inspires me to say...
I now re-open the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest !
Restricted Form means some described form or boundary for the poem.
Whoever feels so inspired - I invite you to create some original
poetry with two guidelines:
about Open Space
-and-
(in honor of Keith's recent post and our responses)
describing success and productivity in Open Space.
Send your poetry directly to me at [email protected]
before midnight (in whatever time zone you live) on Friday, May 24.
I will collect them and then show them back to you, dear readers -
so you may indicate your favorites - even though this is not a game
of favorites. It is a gift of riches.
It will, however, tell us who our new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST
will be - someone who will hold the space for poetry by sharing
and / or inviting poetry on our list for the next six months.
All of you OSLIST members, including past Poet Laureates, are
invited to participate.
If you write your poem in your own language which may not be
English, please do add a translation in English.
I welcome all your thoughtful words,
Lisa
Lisa Heft,
Past OSLIST Poet Laureate
- with a deep bow to my fellow Poet Laureates
Ralph Copleman , Chris Corrigan, Chris Weaver, Florian Fischer,
Laurel Doersam, Audrey Coward, Joelle Everett, Jeff Aitken, Teresa
Pokasony, Karen Sella, Anne Hiha, Esther Ewing, and Agneta Setterwall
_____
A little history, from Chris Corrigan:
“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. 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...”
_____
And last - to inspire you - is the winning piece from our last Poet
Laureate, Agneta Setterwall....
.........
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)
.........
Looking forward to your creativity,
Lisa
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