2nd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest

Jeff Aitken ja at svn.net
Sun Apr 16 01:08:14 PDT 2000


will it work again?
look at their faces.
I did not sleep
a wink, as usual.

except for a dream:
grandma Shoshanna beckons me
to walk beside her -
narrow Carpathian shtetl path.

begin the circle walk.
slowly speak those words
and the words beneath:
I love you - you -

come follow your heart,
there's work to do.
rooms fill with conversation.
time for a nap.

-
Jeff Aitken
PO Box 1092
Inverness CA 94937
415-663-8789
ja at svn.net

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Chris, in response to your challenge, here is my submission to the 2nd
Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest:

TRANSFERENCE
I ring the bells,
I talk.... I walk...
around a circle pregnant
with skepticism and fear

Open Space, open mind
open spirit and let
the process of osmosis,
deeply permeate your soul.

Sparkling chandeliers reflect the
silent emotions onto ceilings,
while bare, unpainted walls
anticipate the tape invasion.

Now engaged, the circle
animates the Space, assumes
control, assaults the walls -
and silently I pray.

Elisabeth M. La Fontaine CMP
The Paragon Group Inc.
#800 - 920 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON. M4W 3C7
elf at paragonevents.com



  -----Original Message-----
  From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Chris
Corrigan
  Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 12:56 AM
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
  Subject: New OS poetry contest


  As OSLIST Poet Laureate (i won the last contest, so I lay claim to the
title), it gives me great pleasure to officially open the 2nd Biannual
OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest.
  If you recall, the last contest called for poets to submit poems composed
of words which started with each letter of the alphabet in sequence.

  This time, the form is a little more open, but still restrictive.

  Your task is to produce a poem relating to Open Space in four stanzas of
four lines, each containing four words.  The winner will be selected by a
OSLIST wide vote.

  The winner will receive my much loved copy of the "Tao of Pooh", and the
right to wear the mantle of the Poet Laureate.  You will also receive the
heavy responsibility of crafting the 3rd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form
Poetry Contest in six months time.

  Submissions can be made to me on or off list and the dead line is April
30, 11:59 Pacific Standard Time.

  To kick things off, here is my submission.  It shouldn't be too hard to
improve upon it.

  Good luck!

  Opening the dance

  I live my life
  in meeting rooms with
  bad lighting, awkward angles
  strange cities, obstructed views --

  walking circles, sweeping my
  arms in gentle gestures
  awakening spirit like light
  trailing from my fingertips

  I prise open space
  great oceanic prairies that
  lie within people and
  grab reluctant hands, lead

  them to a dance
  floor and then I
  sit back, out of
  the way and watch.

  --
  CHRIS CORRIGAN
  108-1035 Pacific Street
  Vancouver BC
  V6E 4G7

  Phone: 604.683.3080
  Fax: 604.683.3036

  (GO LEAFS GO!)



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OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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bells,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>I talk.... I=20
walk...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
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circle pregnant</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>with=20
skepticism and fear</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D270151115-16042000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>Open Space,=20
open mind</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D270151115-16042000>open spirit and let</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>the process=20
of osmosis,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>deeply=20
permeate your soul.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D270151115-16042000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>Sparkling=20
chandeliers reflect the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>silent=20
emotions onto ceilings,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>while bare,=20
unpainted walls</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>anticipate=20
the tape invasion.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D270151115-16042000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>Now engaged,=20
the circle</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>animates the=20
Space, assumes</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>control,=20
assaults the walls -</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>and silently=20
I pray.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D270151115-16042000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>Elisabeth M.=20
La Fontaine CMP</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>The Paragon=20
Group Inc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>#800 - 920=20
Yonge Street</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial><SPAN =
class=3D270151115-16042000>Toronto, ON.=20
M4W 3C7</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P align=3Dleft class=3DMsoNormal><FONT color=3D#0000ff=20
face=3DArial>elf at paragonevents.com</FONT></P></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D270151115-16042000></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D270151115-16042000></SPAN> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
  size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> OSLIST=20
  [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Chris=20
  Corrigan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 16, 2000 12:56 AM<BR><B>To:</B> =

  OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> New OS poetry=20
  contest<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>As OSLIST Poet Laureate (i won the last =
contest,=20
  so I lay claim to the title), it gives me great pleasure to officially =
open=20
  the 2nd Biannual OSLIST Restricted Form Poetry Contest.=20
  <P>If you recall, the last contest called for poets to submit poems =
composed=20
  of words which started with each letter of the alphabet in sequence.=20
  <P>This time, the form is a little more open, but still restrictive.=20
  <P>Your task is to produce a poem relating to Open Space in four =
stanzas of=20
  four lines, each containing four words.  The winner will be =
selected by a=20
  OSLIST wide vote.=20
  <P>The winner will receive my much loved copy of the "Tao of Pooh", =
and the=20
  right to wear the mantle of the Poet Laureate.  You will also =
receive the=20
  heavy responsibility of crafting the 3rd Biannual OSLIST Restricted =
Form=20
  Poetry Contest in six months time.=20
  <P>Submissions can be made to me on or off list and the dead line is =
April 30,=20
  11:59 Pacific Standard Time.=20
  <P>To kick things off, here is my submission.  It shouldn't be =
too hard=20
  to improve upon it.=20
  <P>Good luck!=20
  <P><B>Opening the dance</B>=20
  <P>I live my life <BR>in meeting rooms with <BR>bad lighting, awkward =
angles=20
  <BR>strange cities, obstructed views --=20
  <P>walking circles, sweeping my <BR>arms in gentle gestures =
<BR>awakening=20
  spirit like light <BR>trailing from my fingertips=20
  <P>I prise open space <BR>great oceanic prairies that <BR>lie within =
people=20
  and <BR>grab reluctant hands, lead=20
  <P>them to a dance <BR>floor and then I <BR>sit back, out of <BR>the =
way and=20
  watch.=20
  <P>-- <BR>CHRIS CORRIGAN <BR>108-1035 Pacific Street <BR>Vancouver BC =
<BR>V6E=20
  4G7=20
  <P>Phone: 604.683.3080 <BR>Fax: 604.683.3036=20
  <P>(GO LEAFS GO!) <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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