Confessions of the OSLIST Poet Laureate

[Teresa Posakony]

OK time for a confession - which if turned over becomes an invitation.  

 

The poem "Diving Deep" which danced its way serendipitously into this poetry
contest was one of a handful of poems I've written in my adult life AND NOW
I blushingly wear the tiara of the OSLIST Poet Laureate.   I wholly was
playing and completely trusting the honor of Poet Laureate to pass me by.

 

So what of this tiara?  

 

It is an invitation for ME and I imagine MANY on this list to play more
fully with word and image.

 

David Whyte speaks of Why Poetry Matters:

 

Poetry is an intimate conversation with the wonders and difficulties of the
world, 

a pilgrim path to a place where we are able to combine our fear, our
fierceness, 

and our faith to make a life we can call our own-

no matter the difficulties that seem to surround us.

 

The invitation:  Bring on the poets, the shy poets, the closet poets, the
loud poets.  Bring to the list are favorites and those we use and discover
as we Open Spaces and ones that open spaces in our hearts.  

 

 

Lately, "threshold" poems have been grabbing me. it seems appropriate here
too as I think of all the new beginnings that are sparked in Open Space and
the joy of finding "the other."   At the Threshold below is one of those
poems.  I've also included the original Diving Deep poem that brought me
into this flow with you.  

 

Enjoy

Teresa Posakony

http://artofhosting.org <http://artofhosting.org/> 

http://berkana.org 

 

 

At the Threshold

Gunilla Norris, 2003

 

Stand at the kitchen door with me.

Honor the heart of transformation.

Honor your own heart

where everything is

always changing.

It is the very same dwelling.

 

Pause at the door.

Your heart needs this.

My heart needs this time

for recognition or it will go astray.

It will forget to reach for

its real joy.its true becoming.

 

Pause at the door.

This is good and necessary

for this room is every room.

The world lives here.

Pausing each day helps us know

nothing is outside of us.

 

Honor the heart that can feel

the joy and the terror of

the world in you and in me.

Only what is truly human

can walk this path, walk through

and be constant.  Bow to that heart.

 

Hold my hand.  I need you for courage.

We become who we are together,

each needing the other.  Alone is a myth.

The path leads through this door.

I cannot go to the kitchen without you.

Let us enter together.

________________________________________________

Diving Deep

Diving Deep

Are you ready?

No I mean. 

Are you READY?

 

The time is now

Hold my hand

Together we dive

Into the river of heart and soul

 

The water is deep and quick

All there is to do is trust the flow

Struggling makes no sense though

We don't know where the river goes

 

The choice is clear

Ready

Set

Wait a minute Let me catch my breath

 

Go. 

 -- by Teresa Posakony (Seattle, Washington, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you, Chris, Kerry and Teresa for sharing your gifts with us, 

 

Lisa

___________________________

 

L i s a   H e f t

Consultant, Facilitator, Educator

O p e n i n g  S p a c e

 <mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net> lisaheft at openingspace.net

 <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net 

 

 

 

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