G'day Jeff, Newly retired Poet Laureate of the OSTLIST and convener of
this next round, and All.
Congratulations to you Carmela as the worthy person to carry the mantle.
I am the contributor of the two anonymous entries.
As I indicated to Jeff, "They are products of my being deeply influenced
Dear Chris, Jeff, Lisa and the rest who voted and all of those who shared a poem
Thank you very much for selecting my poemThank you Jeff for organising this
poetry contestIt is always a pleasure to moo...
Chris my address is: 2049A M. Layug Street, San Miguel Village, Poblacion,
Makati
C o N g R a T u L a T i O n S, Carmella, and a warm thank you to all of you
creative and thoughtful Open Space poets,
Lisa
Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
> On Jul 1, 2016, at 7:28 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList
> wrote:
>
> Carmela Ariza is our new Poet Laureate of the
Congratulations Carmela. Please send me your address and I'll send you a copy
of the book!
Chris
___
CHRIS CORRIGAN
www.chriscorrigan.com
> On Jul 1, 2016, at 7:28 AM, Jeff Aitken via OSList
> wrote:
>
> Carmela Ariza is our new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST. Her poem is #5 below,
>
Carmela Ariza is our new Poet Laureate of the OSLIST. Her poem is #5 below,
entitled Moo. Congratulations Carmela!
Chris Corrigan will you arrange to send Carmela your book The Tao of Open
Space? Thanks for offering it as a prize for being selected!
Thanks to all who composed poems and all who pa
Aitken" wrote:
> Read these poems! Love these poems. Vote for these poems! By June 30.
>
> (I hope this fixed the format)
>
> The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
> entries in the contest below.
>
> As a member of oslist you hav
d the format)
>
> The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
> entries in the contest below.
>
> As a member of oslist you have five votes or "virtual sticky dots" to use.
> Please reply TO ME only - NOT the oslist - or write rjeffait...@gma
te for these poems! By June 30.
>
> (I hope this fixed the format)
>
> The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
> entries in the contest below.
>
> As a member of oslist you have five votes or "virtual sticky dots" to use.
> Pleas
fixed the format)
The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
entries in the contest below.
As a member of oslist you have five votes or "virtual sticky dots" to use.
Please reply TO ME only - NOT the oslist - or write rjeffait...@gmail.com
with
- the numbe
Read these poems! Love these poems. Vote for these poems! By June 30.
(I hope this fixed the format)
The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
entries in the contest below.
As a member of oslist you have five votes or "virtual sticky dots" to use.
Pleas
WAIT please - I'm going to fix the formatting! And send this again.
Jeff
On Jun 23, 2016 10:17 AM, "Jeff Aitken" wrote:
> Read these poems! Love these poems. Vote for these poems! By June 30.
>
> The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
Read these poems! Love these poems. Vote for these poems! By June 30.
The semiannual OSLIST Limited Form Poetry Contest begins now! We have 11
entries in the contest below.
As a member of oslist you have five votes or "virtual sticky dots" to use.
Please reply TO ME only - NOT the o
Dear Colleagues -
The OSLIST Poetry Contest is open once again! If you feel so inspired,
please create an original poem using these three guidelines:
1) The poem is about Open Space
2) The poem consists of 8 lines or less.
3) The poem contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet (or all the
Less is Sometimes More - Poetry Contest Spring 2015
Here is a reminder for those of you who wish to indicate your selection(s) -
the time for me to receive your dots ends at midnight tonight, wherever you are
in the world.
___
You have 5 virtual sticky dots to ‘spend’ on the items below, to
Am 12.05.2015 um 00:43 schrieb Lisa Heft - via OSList:
> Less is Sometimes More - Poetry Contest Spring 2015
>
Five participants and five dots.
There seems to be a missunderstanding,
that the less participants in the contest the more poetry will emerge ???
In the city of Bremen in G
Less is Sometimes More - Poetry Contest Spring 2015
First, the “haiku” shared by Agustin Jiménez, written by the late Bruce Lee:
When one has no forms,
one can be all forms,
when one has no style,
one can fit with any style.
___
And now on to our Poetry Contest.
___
You have 5 virtual
For some of you, midnight Thursday has passed. For some of you, there are still
a few hours remaining, if you would like to submit a haiku to the Poetry
Contest…
Lisa
>
> ___see below for more about this invitation_
>
> The Spring 2015 OSLIST Restricted Form Po
Poetry contest.
Don’t have to be “a poet”.
Try it - discover.
There. A haiku (five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables) to remind you
to discover yourself a poet by writing a haiku about...
sometimes less is more, when Open Space is used
…and email me directly with your poetry.
I
Thanks, Jonathan. And folks - you have a total of 5 virtual sticky dots.
As if each poem were a piece of paper and you were 'spending' your 5
dots by placing one or more on whatever poem speaks to your heart.
And remember that poets can also vote, even for their own poems.
Lisa
On Jun 7, 2013
:33 -0700
Subject: [OSList] Reminder: Poetry Contest Spring 2013 - cast your dots until
midnight June 7
Here is your reminder to cast your virtual dots before midnight on Friday June
7, wherever you live...
From: Lisa Heft Date: May 28, 2013 9:05:54 PM PDTTo:
OSLIST Subject: Poetry Contest
Here is your reminder to cast your virtual dots before midnight on
Friday June 7, wherever you live...
From: Lisa Heft
Date: May 28, 2013 9:05:54 PM PDT
To: OSLIST
Subject: Poetry Contest Spring 2013 - cast...your...dots...until
midnight June 7
And now, with excitement, dear readers, I
And now, with excitement, dear readers, I offer you the entries in the
Spring 2013 OSLIST Poetry Contest!
As it is traditionally an invitation for poetry about or inspired by
Open Space - plus a recommendation about form or content (‘restricted
form poetry’), this particular contest
Hello, dear colleagues -
The OSLIST Poetry Contest closes at midnight May 24 (today) - midnight
meaning wherever you are in the world...
Still time for a few poems to float into my in-box (send directly to lisah...@openingspace.net
) - and stay tuned for some lovely poetry for you to all to
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
Date: May 8, 2013 12:42:30 PM PDT
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
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 im
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 - creatin
Yes Bravo for immediate "O MYs!!!" ♥
2012. 2. 21. 오전 11:40에 "Suzanne Daigle" 님이 작성:
> How delightful to see all the poets and to celebrate Agneta Setterwall
> (Uppsala, Sweden) who stole our hearts and souls with her beautiful capture
> of "I hesitate"...
>
> I am reminded again and again that whe
How delightful to see all the poets and to celebrate Agneta Setterwall
(Uppsala, Sweden) who stole our hearts and souls with her beautiful capture
of "I hesitate"...
I am reminded again and again that when the topics start to appear on the
wall, that hesitancy and fear rapidly disappears perhaps r
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
Thank you Lisa for inviting and shepherding us through the selection
process. I love the mystery, not knowing who the authors are and enjoying
the words that are like a dance.
I place my dots as follows:
Poem 1: 3
Poem 5: 2
Tis night here so I shall be one of those who turn in to sleep as othe
Hello, all - Some of you are asleep and some of you are awake as I
write this to you, my friends all over the world.
For some of you, there is still time to send in your votes for your
favorite poems.
You others could actually slip in an email to me while *I* sleep
tonight so I see it on *m
Thanks, Alan - and how kind of you...
Lisa
On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:18 PM, a...@alanhalford.com.au wrote:
Hi Lisa,
Poem 1 4 virtual stickies
Poem 10 1 virtual stiicky
Convenor of competition 16 virtual stickies
alan
___
OSList mailing lis
Oh boy.I love surprises J
From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org
[mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:00 PM
To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space Poetry Contest - time to
Hi Lisa,
Poem 1 4 virtual stickies
Poem 10 1 virtual stiicky
Convenor of competition 16 virtual stickies
alan
Alan Halford & Associates
Open Space Technology Aficionados
Mediation and Conflict Transformation
Business & Management Consultants
www.alanhalford.com.au
0421 475 252
skype:
Feel free, all - to send your votes directly to me at lisah...@openingspace.net
You can also post them here but I'm happy to collect them directly and
give you all a surprise next week...
Lisa
On Feb 16, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Lisa Heft wrote:
Fabulous. Thank you, Ms. Anne, and cheers from a sta
Fabulous. Thank you, Ms. Anne, and cheers from a starry evening in
California,
Lisa
On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Anne A Hiha wrote:
Hi Lisa
Poem 6 - 3 virtual sticky dots
Poem 10 - 2 virtual sticky dots
Regards
Anne
___
OSList mailing list
T
Hi Lisa
Poem 6 - 3 virtual sticky dots
Poem 10 - 2 virtual sticky dots
Regards
Anne
From: lisah...@openingspace.net
To: OSList@lists.openspacetech.org
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:43:48 -0800
Subject: [OSList] Open Space Poetry Contest - time to vote
Hello, dear colleagues -The poetry has
Hello, dear colleagues -
The poetry has floated in - and now it is time to vote to see who our
next OSLIST Poet Laureate will be.
These are all amazing poems. So you could have several favorites.
It is not as if one poem is 'better' than the others - feel the
incredible imagery inspired by
Hello, dear colleagues.
The nicest words have been floating into my Inbox. Poetry indeed.
It is evening for some of you, day for some of you.
I will be accepting your poetic contributions until the end of
February 15 - wherever that is for wherever you are located in the
world.
If you have s
networks
> through servers
> into Lisa's Inbox
> onto Lisa's screen
> gathered and
> later to be shown back out to you.
>
> The Open Space Poetry Contest - your poetry about
> breathing
> trusting in the unknown
> emergence
> and Open Space
>
> .
: [OSList] Poetry contest
To: "World wide Open Space Technology email list"
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 2:46 AM
Beautiful poetry is coming into my in-box for the Poetry Contest.
Remember you do not have to consider yourself a poet - simply breathe and feel
how words may com
Beautiful poetry is coming into my in-box for the Poetry Contest.
Remember you do not have to consider yourself a poet - simply breathe
and feel how words may come together.
Somebody just asked me a question, and here is the answer:
Several people are sending me their poems directly without
> onto Lisa's screen
> gathered and
> later to be shown back out to you.
>
> The Open Space Poetry Contest - your poetry about
> breathing
> trusting in the unknown
> emergence
> and Open Space
>
> ...is still open.
>
> I will be collecting yo
gt; onto keyboards
> via cables
> up to satellites
> down to networks
> through servers
> into Lisa's Inbox
> onto Lisa's screen
> gathered and
> later to be shown back out to you.
>
> The Open Space Poetry Contest - your poetry about
> breathing
> trust
Dear all -
Thoughts into words
into hands
onto keyboards
via cables
up to satellites
down to networks
through servers
into Lisa's Inbox
onto Lisa's screen
gathered and
later to be shown back out to you.
The Open Space Poetry Contest - your poetry about
breathing
trusting in t
like to choose or
switch around to serve you in these times.
And to also serve you in these times, a good practice from Open Space:
Breathing.trusting in the unknownand emergence.
___
I now re-open the OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest.
Whoever feels so
Congratulations Chris :-)
Esther Matte
-Original Message-
From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Esther
Ewing
Sent: 17 juin 2010 6:45
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: Poetry contest results - new poet laureate
You deserve it, Chris. And I
Your Inspired
Poetry
lifts my heart
And gives it wings
To soar
The heaven of
Unexplainable joy
And understanding
Rooted in nowness
A bow to poet of The Open space year
Friendship rocks
Toke
Sendt fra min iPhone
Den 17/06/2010 kl. 14.22 skrev Chris Corrigan :
Wow...thank you all for the vote
Congratulations Chris
Grounded, playful, light and intense.
Regards
Anne
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:39:00 -0400
> From: ewingcha...@gmail.com
> Subject: [OSLIST] Poetry contest results - new poet laureate
> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
>
> Hi all:
>
> I ha
:22 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Poetry contest results - new poet laureate
Wow...thank you all for the vote of confidence as your poet laureate. I
think it has been ten years since Ralph Copelman launched the first contest
(which I won). Since then it has been cool
What wonderful images and emotions! Thank you Chris for this gift that goes
straight to the heart.
Diane
On 2010-06-17, at 11:39 AM, Esther Ewing wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I have the great pleasure to announce that the new Poet Laureate is Chris
> Corrigan with the following winning poem:
>
>
>
Hi all:
I have the great pleasure to announce that the new Poet Laureate is Chris
Corrigan with the following winning poem:
What far off thought
can come to rest in the company of friends?
What rooted promise
can take flight at the mere invocation of curiosity?
This circle describes,
Wow...thank you all for the vote of confidence as your poet laureate. I think
it has been ten years since Ralph Copelman launched the first contest (which I
won). Since then it has been cool to see the resiliency of the position. I
believe we are the only listerv with a Poet Laureate, and tha
Hi all:
A reminder that your votes need to be in by midnight Eastern time today.
Esther Ewing
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
-Original Message-
From: Michael M Pannwitz
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:57:07
To:
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] looking for action planning sheet
similar to th
Hi all:
So entries for the poetry contest are closed and we have some lovely
possibilities. You each have five sticky dots. Please email me off-list at
est...@ewingchange.com (copied above) and tell me your votes. The poems are
numbered and all you need to do is assign your votes by number, for
nd we walk into a new landscape. we are the same people, forever
changed.
(updated version)
jeff aitkenmount tamalpais
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 00:25:04 -0400
> From: ewingcha...@gmail.com
> Subject: [OSLIST] FW: OSLIST poetry contest
> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
>
> D
waits at the door to wish us well, and we walk into a new
landscape. we are the same people, forever changed.
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 00:25:04 -0400
> From: ewingcha...@gmail.com
> Subject: [OSLIST] FW: OSLIST poetry contest
> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
>
> Dear a
Dear all:
This is a reminder that the OSLIST poetry contest is in running with a
deadline of May 31st - for more details and the instructions, see below.
So far, I have received a couple of poems. Please send as per the
instructions below.
Best regards
Esther Ewing
From: Esther Ewing
Great OSLIST Poetry Contest
Greetings all:
Once again it is time for the Poet Laureate (me, this time) to issue an
invitation to all to participate in the Great OSLIST Poetry Contest. As the
current (and very outgoing - grin) Poet Laureate, it falls to me to extend
the invitation.
As
Ten days ago I posted our four wonderful poems for this year's Poetry Contest.
Thank you to those who have voted so far.
The mountains can still grow, so please create some space to read and enjoy the
gifts in verse from your fellow OSLISTers then vote for your favourite.
We us
Good morning from a grey day in Napier, New Zealand
The grapefruit are glowing amongst dark green leaves
The trees are waving in the breeze
The fire is burning quietly in the corner of the room
It is the final day for entries to the biannual, restrictes form OSLIST poetry
contest for 2009
Oh my goodness
I have just realised that some of you may have thought you only have a few hour
left to get your poems in and I have been assuming you have a day and a few
hours.
I have changed the time to 11.59pm Monday 17 August to make it clearer.
1 more day to get your poems in.
Two
Greetings all wordsmiths and word lovers.
It is nearly time to relinquish the honour I have held for some months.
As a non-poet I have appreciated the opportunity to, for awhile, think of
myself as a poet.
I am not certain that I held space for poetry on OSLIST as I reconciled the
above.
But I
Greetings everyone
Back from a wonderful sunny weekend in Auckland attending a University Winter
School.
It was such an envigorating experience to be amongst peers on the same path as
me.
No online access for 5 days and didn't notice the lack at all.
Home now, just in time for the 7 day reminde
y on OSLIST and Poet King. Below are the two
poems Ralph offered to launch the first OSLIST Poetry contest.
Always be careful
Doubt every force
Gathered here in jealous kisses
Let my nearness only press
Quiet, restful stretches together,
Useful verities will x-cite you zealously.
Agendas Beckoning
and know others out there are too.
Regards
Anne A Hiha
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:03:43 -0600
> From: raffi_1...@yahoo.com
> Subject: [OSLIST] The not so restricted form, somewhat past biannual, Poetry
> Contest - August 2009
> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
>
Greetings one and all
Welcome to ‘open space in poetry on open space.’
It is time to select the next Poet Laureate.
So, it is 'Poetry Contest' time again.
Time again to stretch your glorious poetic muscles.
Time to weave your wonderful words.
Time again t
Anne greetings!
Thanks for the invitation!
Two questions:
1. Is there a theme this time? Or any poem connected with OS works?
2. Can we submit poems in other languages (with English translation)?
in stickydotted anticipation,
raffi
*
*
=
OSLIST POETRY CELEBRATION AND CONTEST
Sept/Oct 2008
A few days ago I posted our ten wonderful poems for your enjoyment - and for
our semi-annual Poetry Contest.
The Contest works like this: We use the "dot-voting" method. As a member of
OSLIST you have 5 virtual sticky dots to vote
d
>poem. I will collect your messages this week, score over the weekend, and
>announce next week who we�ve chosen to be our next Poet Laureate (the author
>of the poem that received the most dots:-)).
>
>
>
>For those of you who may be new on the list, the OSLIST has a Poet
#1 gets all 5 of my dots
2008/3/10 Karen Sella :
> Greetings All,
>
>
>
> Behold! The muses have spoken! It is time to vote on the poetry
> submissions for our most recent 2008 Poetry Contest to determine who will hold
> the title of Poet Laureate for the next six months
#2 3 dots#8 2 dots
2008/3/10 Karen Sella :
> Greetings All,
>
>
>
> Behold! The muses have spoken! It is time to vote on the poetry
> submissions for our most recent 2008 Poetry Contest to determine who will hold
> the title of Poet Laureate for the next six months or so.
Greetings All,
Behold! The muses have spoken! It is time to vote on the poetry
submissions for our most recent 2008 Poetry Contest to determine who will
hold the title of Poet Laureate for the next six months or so. You each
have 5 virtual sticky-dots to spend. You may place all dots on
he message and any attachments.
_
From: Karen Sella [mailto:ka...@luminacoaching.com]
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:09 AM
To: 'lisah...@openingspace.net'; 'osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu'
Subject: RE: Poetry Contest February 2008 Reminder...
Greetings All,
L
I am a dreamer
My dreams start a journey
A road sparked by Spirit
Spirit is the fuel that propels me
Without it there is no forward motion
No hope of betterment
Space is the place dreams are born
It is not sleep that produces them
It is the open and clear field of possibility
When I am in Open S
From: ka...@luminacoaching.com
> Subject: Re: Poetry Contest February 2008 Reminder...
> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
>
>
> Greetings All,
>
>
>
> Lisa was kind enough to forward this Poetry Contest information to everyone
> on my behalf as I was having trouble get
Greetings All,
Lisa was kind enough to forward this Poetry Contest information to everyone
on my behalf as I was having trouble getting on the OSLIST, but I’ve since
returned… The original deadline was February 28th…I am extending this to
March 7th, as the poetry muses seem to be engaged
Heft]
___
Greetings, Dear Colleagues,
Our Lisa Heft was kind enough to remind me that it is indeed time (really,
past time but she was too nice to say that:-)) for another poetry contest.
A little history, from Chris Corrigan:
"For all those wh
Poetry Contest May 2007
And now, dear colleagues, I invite you to sample, visit and taste seven
poems which have been submitted for our poetry contest.
My invitation was to write a poem which
relates to O p e n S p a c e in some way, and.
.includes, reflects upon, honors or
a fallen flower
flew back to its branch!
no, it was a butterfly
or was it a bumblebee?
kerry napuk
edinburgh
*
*
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Off the top of my head with love:
Its the bells,
It must be!
As always my heart beats faster,
My body trembles.
Through my teary eyes,
I see the Spirit!
eg
Elwin Guild
Future Development International
Baltimore
*
*
==
osl...@listserv.bo
pacific coast glowing gray in fog.
sea lions shout their lazy tales.
and here along the moist forest trail
el dorado appears: a small grove of pine
dripping with gold. paper thin flakes,
tarnished with black: a thousand gently resting
butterflies. we witness this treasure
because they have follo
Here is a reminder that the Spring 2007 OSLIST Poetry Contest is still open.
Below is an excerpt from my previous email. Do know that the due-date of
any of your poetic contributions for the contest May 1 at midnight (Pacific
Standard / West Coast USA Time) - and that you can send your poems to
ge and
any attachments.
*From:* OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] *On Behalf Of
*Lisa Heft
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:31 PM
*To:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
*Subject:* Poetry Contest 2007 April
Hello, dear colleagues –
serv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:31 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Poetry Contest 2007 April
Hello, dear colleagues –
I have had a lovely interchange with our current Poet Laureate, Ms. Teresa
Pokasony. She has held space for poe
OSLIST's Poet Laureate previous to Ms. Teresa
Poemsony. As her life is very full of wondrous beautiful things right now,
she has given me yet another honor - to announce and conduct the next poetry
contest.
A little history, from brother Chris Corrigan:
"For all those who might
time) so get yer dots in now if you want to add your voice to the
celebration and selection of our next OSLIST Poet Laureate. -- Lisa]
__
Poetry Contest September 2006
And now, dear colleagues, I invite you to sample, visit
Poetry Contest September 2006
And now, dear colleagues, I invite you to sample, visit and taste three
poems which have been submitted for our poetry contest.
My invitation was to write a poem which
relates to O p e n S p a c e in some way, and.
.includes, reflects upon
Hello, dear colleagues -
This is just a reminder to all of you who love words - the Poetry Contest is
still open. Please send me your entries by September 15. Below is a copy
of my earlier message describing the contest. May your words.have.wings. --
Lisa (PS: I will be traveling and away
..which brings me to.
.the fact that I have held the honor of being the OSLIST's Poet Laureate for
about 6 months. And it is now time to pass the tiara along to our next Poet
Laureate.
As is our tradition, this amazing person will be selected by way of a poetry
contest.
And you,
Friends---
For your enjoyment, here are the satiric poems submitted for the OSList
Poetry Celebration and Contest. Each reader is hereby given five (5) virtual
sticky dots to distribute to the poems as they wish. DO NOT REPLY TO THE
OSLIST
WITH VOTES. E-MAIL YOUR VOTES TO jleshel...@aol.co
Poems are arriving . . . you have until midnight Tuesday in your time zone to
join the fun. Poems in any language will be accepted . . . poems of satire,
about Open Space and OST.
Joelle
Poet Laureate for a few days more
*
*
==
osl...@l
Joelle - as I'm on the road I'm not sure this will get in by the
contest's end, but: here is my satirical poem. And by the way, I am not
sure how my satirical poem written in English appears to those of you
who do not have English as your home language. It is very possible that
some may read this
i opened the circle
disappeared down the rabbit hole
emerged the other side
flowing with the tide
kerry
edinburgh
*
*
==
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Five more days to post your poems for this year's Poetry Contest. The theme
for poems is OST; the form is satire.
Satire: A literary work in which irony, derision, or wit in any form is
used to expose folly or wickedness. (American Heritage dictionary)
Satire: (from Latin s
I have just returned from a weekend without email (it was great, not just for
that reason)
And because I am just now reminding you about our poetry collecting, I extend
my deadline to tomorrow, August 17, at midnight California time. If you want to
post a poem to the list, please do so now!
I
Here's my poem--
PORTALS
In the green heart of the wild wood,
Woodpecker is knocking:
at midsummer the air is as green
as light filtered through emerald.
Deer steps into a shadow
And disappears.
I sit by the water drumming,
open my eyes to Butterfly –
a flash of black and yellow
rises up in my f
jeff,
I´m clapping hands !
you are saving
the tradition of the poetry contest.
thank you.
florian
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florian fischer
begleitung im wandel
c/sta.bárbara 18
E 04115 rodalquilar/nijar/spain
fon/fax 0034.950.389819
www.begleitung-im-wandel.com
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also) and any poetic form. deadline august 31 at midnight california
time.
jeff
-Original Message-
dear jeff,
I´m clapping hands !
you are saving
the tradition of the poetry contest.
thank you.
florian
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