Re: [OSList] Announcing the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

2015-12-09 Thread Alan Stewart via OSList
G'day Lucas and All Congrats on organising such a imaginative and challenging contest. All three entries were superb in my opinion. I am looking forward with delicious anticipation to participating in OSonOSinOZ Onlin e

Re: [OSList] Announcing the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

2015-12-06 Thread Lisa Heft - via OSList
Congratulations, dear Jeff ! Thank you for bringing poetry to our lives. In this context, and everywhere, all the timeā€¦ Lisa On Dec 6, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList wrote: > Thanks Lucas. > > As many of you know, that quick brown fox was born years ago in another > context. (My fi

Re: [OSList] Announcing the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

2015-12-06 Thread Jeff Aitken via OSList
Thanks Lucas. As many of you know, that quick brown fox was born years ago in another context. (My fingers will never forget.) When tasked to honor every letter of my alphabet in a short poem of open space, I thought of one more thing not to do, and this came out. As OST turns thirty, I'm gratef

[OSList] Announcing the Next OSLIST Poet Laureate

2015-12-06 Thread Lucas Cioffi via OSList
Thank you to all who shared a poem with the list. All three poems received votes, however Poem #1 (below) earned the most. Therefore, I am excited to announce our new Poet Laureate: Jeff Aitken! Lucas Cioffi Outgoing OSLIST Poet Laureate Charlottesville, VA, USA - with a deep bow to my fellow Po