OSLIST poetry celebration and contest!

Wed Oct 8 10:59:12 PDT 2008

FORMAT FUN

Remember that some poems are formatted with the first letter of each line as another letter of the alphabet. A, B, C, etc.

When I sent them, they all looked fine from my computer, correctly formatted.

Because some of these poems have long lines, sometimes one line might skip over to the next line, and interfere with the alphabetical format down the left side of the poem.

I will do my best to correct for this when I get home from work today. I could send you an attachment with all the poems if you want.

thanks
Jeff

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> From: magic.teams at hotmail.com
> To: oslist at listserv.boisestate.edu
> Subject: OSLIST poetry celebration and contest!
> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:47:41 -0700
> 
> 
> OSLIST POETRY CELEBRATION AND CONTEST
> Sept/Oct 2008
> 
> Here are the poems we have been waiting for! 
> 
> The Celebration part is easy... Take some time to enjoy the poetic works of our colleagues! Thanks to everyone who sent a poem. The authors' names have been hidden because of the Contest; I will send the poems again with the authors' names when the Contest is over.
> 
> The Contest works like this: We use the "dot-voting" method. As a member of OSLIST you have 5 virtual sticky dots to vote for poems below. Choose how many of your 5 dots to give to each poem (the poem's number is above the poem) and SEND YOUR VOTES TO ME ONLY, NOT TO THE LIST:
> 
> magic.teams at hotmail.com
> 
> The deadline for sending your sticky dots is midnight California time, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14.
> 
> I will tally the dots and announce the new Poet Laureate, and send the poems out again with the authors' names.
> 
> Have fun, and enjoy these ten wonderful poems.
> 
> Jeff
> Telegraph Hill
> San Francisco
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------
> 1.
> 
> Worldwide-Openspace Online: The consummate butterfly
> 
> Awake
> But no!
> Can’t be!
> Did I really sleep through a whole event?
> 
> Easy.
> First, lay your head down
> Get nice and cosy
> Head snuggled on the perfect pillow
> Island of dreams 
> Just for a while
> Keep those eyes closed
> Let the world roll on
> Magic moment.
> 
> No going back in, it's over.
> Over?
> Please, please what did I miss?
> Quiet screen is adamant, ‘you had your chance.’
> Right… whoever’s there
> Sigh... Still... I would have liked to have been there
> 
> Up now
> Vitality returned
> When’s the next one?
> 
> Xmas doesn’t wait for anyone either
> 
> Yet…
> 
> Zzzzz
> 
> 
> 
> ------
> 2.
> 
> 
> Revelation
> 
> Engaging in open space adventuring
> with a group of radiant spiritual souls 
> who let slip surprises
> which I could not have imagined ...
> 
> The spark for enlightenment was a fierce,
> terrible, almost violent haranguing 
> of two of their members who had arrived ‘late’ 
> a few minutes after the agreed starting time. 
> 
> With a sharpness which was relentless
> a rude exposé to everyone present
> most likely particularly to  
> the perpetrator himself. 
> 
> Who resumed his unruffled self instantly 
> upon my stepping into the circle
> to point to the principles which uncover
> the right people and the right time. 
> 
> The gathering proceeded ‘right on’
> and reportedly was most useful in
> resolving a very thorny issue
> by illuminating the natural way ahead.  
> 
> And for me made forever known 
> the ever present power of the process
> to bring forth dimensions unforeseen
> and how these unfold in the presence of spirit.
> 
> From a person in the closing circle
> a lady well into the bloom of later years
> disclosing through her tears 
> this remarkable transformation:  
> 
> “All my life I have been terrified 
> in the presence of male anger.
> After what was shown to me this morning 
> I will not ever be afraid again.”
> 
> Nor will I. And you? 
> 
> 
> ------
> 3.
> 
> 
> Pause
>  
> A pause in the cosmic conversation
> Beyond the surface stream of words
> Creates a vast opening through which all is seen.
> Did you know that?
>  
> Enlightenment is simply
> Following insight and inquiry...
> Giving oneself fully to each moment...
> Holding nothing back...
> Inviting each moment to be...
> Just as it is.
>  
> Kindness...
> Love...
> Meaning...
> Nothing exists without...
> Open space...
> Pause...
>  
> Question...
> Reflect...rejoice!
> Surrender to the whole of life...
> Trust...
> Unless you have the courage to walk through this opening wholly
> Violence lives within you too...
>  
> Wake-up world!
> X has never marked the spot of anything that really matters.
> You—one and all--matter.  Sleep on that and dream wiser.
> Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
> 
> 
> 
> ------
> 4.
> 
> 
> 
> CONNECTION
> 
> A MAGIC SPARK ALIGHTS
> WHEN TWO SOULS CONNECT 
> SUDDENLY AFTER A CONVERSATION 
> AN UNEXPECTED EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, 
> THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS
> GONE IS THE ISOLATION 
> THE HEART IS OPEN 
> THE UNIVERSE BECOMES A FRIENDLY PLACE 
> THERE IS MEANING AND HARMONY IN ONE’S SPACE 
> A COINCIDENCE OR FATE 
> IT MATTERS NOT 
> 
> MAY IT HAPPEN OFTEN 
> MYSTERIOUS IN ITS WAY 
> SPREADING LIGHT AND WARMTH 
> IN THIS EARTHLY STAY
> 
> 
> ------
> 5.
> 
> 
> 1 pleis
> 
> One play(s)
> One spay(s)
> One cyrcle
> three bre(i)fs
> one law
> two bees(ts)
> 1 dzhoi
> 1 sadness
> 
> 1 dans
> 1 duns
> 1 convo
> 
> 1 burf
> 1 lie(f)?
> 1 def
> owhyeah!
> 
> 1 (m)irf
> 1 laff
> 
> Itsolegoode
> Oneezkewl
> 
> butt
> duznt
> zerow rewl?
> 
> 
> ------
> 6.
> 
> 
> A User's Guide—words and thoughts to open you:
> Balamah, village of mystery
> Circles about Harrison
> Dancers, Drummers, horn players
> Expectations of rhythms swirling
> Flowing people, flowing, flowing
> Geometry sacred more profane
> However it comes evokes humanity
> Inviting initiations, issues, opportunities
> Joining collaborative effort
> Kin we are to bees and butterflies
> Large rooms, small, all space for the law
> Medicine wheels, morning gatherings, mobility
> News walls
> OSonOS: what kind of a word is that?
> Passion it elicits from us
> Quantum of Spirit its mythos
> Reflections on responsibility in a shoe factory
> Space likes to be held, to hold lightly the
> Tibetan temple bells calling calling
> Unexpected situations call us to our own 
> Village marketplace
> Walls somehow create space
> Xenophobes make friends of the strange and
> Yawning, the man in the hat disappears to
> ZZZzzzz....
> 
> 
> ------
> 7.
> 
> Conversation in Blue
>  
>  
> a
> blue denim colored
> conversation circle lasting all
> day...
> each new person joining, leaving - each new person sharing, witnessing, questioning, listening - thoughts of
> family, community, challenge,
> grief, loss, spirit - thoughts of
> how the path of life can meander
> in the most unexpected ways.
> just the act of holding space for conversation - any topic welcome, everyone appreciated, everyone respected
> keeps the circle going hour after hour - each new person sharing, some joining, some leaving, until the
> last
> man leaves, and we fold away the chairs.
> night falls
> on the
> prison yard
>  
> 
> ------
> 8.
> 
> 
> My first open space
> The first open space for the 80 coworkers.
> The basic question was strong, so were the answers. 
> 
> Three woman visualizing process, results and emotions, 
> supporting them by making them visible.
> 
> A dream of self organization come true -
> So strong the will to analyse their company within one day,
> And to come out satisfied with lots of strong proposals.
> 
> I only missed to include the boss,
> So he destroyed the growing little plant within ten minutes, 
> coming from his expectations.
> 
> Thanks for the experience, and ready to do it again!
> 
> 
> ------
> 9.
> 
> 
> The Guide
> 
> I was handed The Users Guide
> They said read it and perform.
> 
> I took it home
> Turned the pages.
> 
> I didnʼt read it
> It spoke to me!
> 
> 
> ------
> 10.
> 
> 
> As I walk the circle
> Bringing with me a flow,
> Connecting with the people,
> Delighting in the delicious anticipation and
> Eagerly looking in the eyes and
> Faces, I
> Grasp the weave and
> Hold the space and time.
> 
> I gather the attention of those present and
> Join their spirits in
> Keeping with their intent.
> 
> Letting my mind settle while
> Melding the flows of energy, I sense the
> Nuance
> of each
> Person's attention.
> 
> Questioning, challenging, I move
> 'Round the circle,
> Seeking the connection and
> Taking the time to stir the flow.
> 
> Unconsciously, my
> Very
> Will
> eXtends to
> Yearning hopes and fears, seeking the
> Zero point of balance.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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