Craig--Open Space Poem

[Chris Corrigan]

There once was a woman called Birch
Who was invited to work with a church
She knew all the rules,
And could use all the tools
And finally chose Future Search.

She did well but felt that the place
Might use a little more grace
So she threw out the rules
And sat and retooled
And finally just opened some space;.

Chris

On 10/4/06, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Craig -- Love the poem. And I find the serendipitous ridiculousness of
> writing poems about a "meeting methodology" particularly appealing. Maybe
> somebody has done it, but I have yet to see an "Ode to Real Time Strategic
> Change," A Sonnet in honor of Appreciative Inquiry, or blank verse
> charting
> a Future Search. But then again it may not be about a "meeting
> methodology?"
>
> Harrison
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Craig
> Gilliam
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:16 AM
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> Subject: Craig--Open Space Poem
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> Below is a poem I offer that emerged from my experiences of Open Space.
> This is the world it creates for me and in me.  I hope you enjoy the sense
> and nonsense of it.  Thanks,  Craig
>
>
>
>                                                  A Poem of Open Space
>                                                           Craig Gilliam
>                                                            10/3/06
>
>
> The dance of nonsense,
>         in and out of time,
>                 the swirling mass matters,
>                         the deep rhythms,
>                                 no one knows, but all know, unspoken,
>                                         rising waters, sinking tides,
>                                                         the Spirit moving
> over the deep,
>                                                                 order from
> chaos,
>
> chaos from order,
>
> silence,
>
>                                                                         out
> of the whirlwind,
>                                                 out of the fragments of
> disconnects,
>                                         a subtle voice emerges,
>                                 whispers,
>                         shouts,
>                 a new song,
>         a new order,
>                                         new connections,
>                                 playing with and through us;
>                         Is it all for naught,
>         or is it naught that opens the way?
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology


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